01. Walden: The Ballad of Thoreau

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Walden: The Ballad of Thoreau, an original story written and produced by folksinger Michael Johnathon. The two act, four character play is a conversation between Thoreau and Emerson set during the final two days Thoreau spent in his cabin before leaving Walden Pond.

-- The film begins with a documentary of Thoreau's life, set in Walden Woods, followed by a full live-audience production of the Walden play, starring actor Adam Luckey as Thoreau.

-- During Walden, the dialogue between Thoreau and Ralph Waldo Emerson is culled from their actual literary works. Johnathon also created two fictional characters, Joshua and Rachel, to offer a common and often humorous perspective on the overtly intellectual musings of Thoreau and Emerson.

-- More than 7,200 colleges, schools and community theaters in 37 countries have registered performances of the play since it was written 24 months ago.

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[littlecloudflower]

One thing, Thoreau didn't "retreat" from society...He went into the woods to live simply and to write a book. He still got visits from his friends and visited his family often. Also, he refused to pay his taxes as an act of civil disobedience...This make it sound as if he just didn't pay his taxes because he was so desperate.

[daiellis]

"absorbed the beauty of nature of the woods that surrounded him"

then...CAR flies past on the left.

[HerAeolianHarp]

Great sustenance in Thoreau's "Walden" for those who know how to unplug enough to listen to nature's voice. A profoundly beautiful read.

[ubernerd35]

The first couple minutes of this sounds like it could be made into a Will Ferrell comedy.

[aidan1912]

Simplicity, simplicity, simplicity

[jackblacksutube]

and some marijuana of course

[KARENK72886]

@jackblacksutube me too! no tech, nothing but nature! :)

[jackblacksutube]

i wanna live like thoreau. cabin in the woods along a lake with no one to bother u.

[songs2008]

I watched this on our public station. I didn't expect it to be laced with so much humor. A very nice way to present the stodgy Mr. Thoreau. Big thumbs up!

[DroolTV]

His school did not fail! It was a great success. The brothers closed the school due to John's poor health. Henry felt he could not run it alone. John then ended up passing not from his lung disease, but from tetanus.