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Historical actors Paddy and John Lynn portray a variety of characters from Spoon River Anthology, a collection of poems by Edgar Lee Masters published in 1915-16.
The book consists of the epitaphs of the inhabitants of the fictional Spoon River cemetery. The characters buried in the cemetery speak not only of their virtues but also of their vices, internal and interpersonal conflicts, moral dilemmas, and failures. A native of west-central Illinois, Edgar Lee Masters based those characters largely upon people he knew in and around his hometown of Lewistown, IL.
The show is interspersed with folk and popular music of the period performed by singer, guitarist, and banjoist Patti Ecker.
The free, hour-long show is made possible with a grant from Illinois Humanities Road Scholars and funding from the Friends of the Moline Public Library Foundation.
