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You’re invited to the masquerade. Do you dare attend? - Iseult Gillespie

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Looking to avoid the plague devastating his country, Prince Prospero summons a thousand nobles from his court and sequesters them in his abbey. Months into their seclusion, the Prince throws a lavish masquerade ball held in seven colored rooms. But amidst the revelry, a mysterious shrouded figure appears. Iseult Gillespie shares Edgar Allan Poe’s classic short story, “The Masque of the Red Death.”

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Meet The Creators

Educator
Iseult Gillespie
Director
Mohammad Babakoohi
Narrator
Adrian Dannatt
Composer
Aron Fard
Sound Designer
Aron Fard
Produced by
Gerta Xhelo, Abdallah Ewis
Editorial Director
Alex Rosenthal
Editorial Producer
Cella Wright
Fact-Checker
Charles Wallace

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