A New Musical
Based on Mark Twain’s
“The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg”
Book and Lyrics by
Andrew Goodman and Gregory Pummel
Music by
Andrew Goodman, Robert Ruby and David Coleman
Incorruptible Hadleyburg
If you avoid temptation and are never tested, can you really claim honesty and incorruptibility?
That question is asked and answered in “Hadleyburg,” a musical adaptation of Mark Twain’s biting satire. Set in a town that prides itself on being incorruptible, the story unfolds when a mysterious stranger leaves a sack of gold, testing the moral fiber of every citizen. It is a tribute to Mark Twain, small towns, and human nature!
The Wit and Wisdom of Mark Twain
Mark Twain was a remarkable and distinctly American writer who was the master of humorous satire. The New York Times praised him as the “greatest humorist the United States has produced,” and William Faulkner called him “the father of American literature.” Twain enjoyed taking direct aim at the vanities and hypocrisies of mankind in his works. He often encouraged people to read “The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg” as a satirical replay of the Garden of Eden story: just like Adam and Eve, the people of Hadleyburg made it their goal to be pure and incorruptible – and the results were just as disastrous.
Incorruptibility
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