Well worth your time and especially the one man play, The Prince of Dark Corners
From a poor mountain farmer to the most notorious outlaw in the United States, 'Major' Lewis Redmond is returned to life with a riveting performance by Milton Higgins in Gary Carden's celebrated play.
Winner of the PAUL GREEN MULTIMEDIA AWARD from the NC Historian's Society
Bonus features include the award-winning documentary The OUTLAW LEWIS REDMOND
At the time of his capture in 1881, Lewis Redmond was the most famous outlaw in the country, outshining contemporaries Billy-The-Kid and Jesse James.
To the people of Southern Appalachia he was an American Robin Hood, fighting revenuers and bootlegging ‘moonshine’ to pay their taxes and save their land in the lean and hopeless years of Reconstruction. Northern journalists depicted him as a degenerate, cold-blooded murderer, even as Southern Appalachia celebrated him as a hero. Gary Carden's masterful play sheds light on a time and place in American history that has long been shrouded in mystery.
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