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Public Domain Universe

The PDU

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Public Domain Universe

The PDU

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There's trouble brewing at the afterparty of a successful Ghostco haunt. A Christmas episode set in the world of a certain Charles Dickens novel.
Chapter 5: The Cellar and The Adventure (Cinderella Season 1 finale). Charles and Fairy Godmother take drastic steps when Cinderella doesn't show up on the final night of the ball.
Chapter 4: Life's a Perfect Gift of the Magi (Candide season finale). It's Christmas Eve and Candide is not in the best of all possible relationships. With just $1.87, can he find a way to make things right?
Chapter 4: Restitution. Tom settles things.
Kristy Olson chats with PDU writer K.B. Hoyle about adapting Cinderella, the differences between the Grimm and Perrault versions, and the desperate cutting off of toes and heels. Check out more of K.B. Hoyle's work, including The Breeder Cycle
Cinderella Chapter 4: The Mystery Princess and the Glass Slipper. It's back to reality for Cinderella.
Chapter 3: The Candy, or the Tiger? Candide's journey to find QJr leads him to Renewed Covenant, a zoo-based cult in the Ozark Mountains. It's a great place for those who adhere to Father Toby's apocalyptic views, but zoo-based judgment awaits
This week Ben musically adapts a different kind of public document: James B. Comey's Statement for the Record.
Chapter 3: Asylum. In this episode of Asylum, Dr. Jack takes a break from his usual psych ward stories to investigate the murder of five year-old William Frankenstein, a strange true crime tale involving a nanny, a locket, a dead cat, and possi
Chapter 3: The Misunderstanding and the Meeting. Fairy Godmother just wants to enjoy a cup of tea, but she keeps having to deal with the fallout of the royal ball, as well as a visit from an old friend...
In this PDUniversity, R.S. Naifeh gives us a look at Mark Twain's America through the lens of his two most popular characters, Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn.
Kristy Olson chats with PDU writer Ben Fort about adapting Sawyer, sad poetry, Sunday school heroics, and why the Becky engagement needed a modern update.
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Chapter 2: Poe, Poe, Pitiful Candide. After receiving devastating news, Candide tries to stay positive as he and Pangloss get recruited to sell questionable nutritional shakes and help build the house of the intimidating Montressor.
Cinderella Chapter 2: The Prince and the Ball. Charles seems to be distracted tonight, which is unfortunate because he only has three nights to pick a bride at his royal ball. 
Chapter 2: A Pirate Bold to Be. When Tom's grave secret comes between him and the women of his life, he recruits Huck to leave the world of the respectable.
Candide week continues with the first episode of PDUniversity, in which author and scholar R.S. Naifeh shares about the writer Voltaire, and some of the events and ideas that shaped Candide. Follow him on Twitter @RS_Naifeh
In this first episode of What Got Cut, Kristy Olson chats with PDU writer Peter Luby about adapting Candide and his regrets of not including a buttock amputation.
Chapter 1: The Most Dangerous of All Possible Game. Candide lives in the best of all possible worlds, where everything happens according to a splendid, orderly providence. So says his wise and worldly teacher, Pangloss. And what other explanati
Cinderella Chapter 1: The Girl and the Fairy Godmother. There are many things Cinderella doesn’t know about her life, not the least of which being her real name and that she had a fairy godmother. But when her fairy godmother suddenly appears a
Sawyer Chapter 1: The Guinness World Record. Poor Tom. He want to be respectable, but his Aunt Polly doesn’t trust him, Becky Thatcher questions his love, and his best friend Huck is tempting him with a midnight visit to a graveyard.
Coming April 4. Will Tom Sawyer’s dark secret derail his attempt at respectability? Will horrible events dim Candide’s relentless optimism? And what on earth is Cinderella’s Fairy Godmother plotting? All this and more in Season 1 of The PDU!
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