Teaching Mark Twain’s “The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg”

Jocelyn’s Slides
The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg (Harpers, December 1899)
Example Writing Prompts

(Possibly Apocryphal) Hadleyburgs

Fredonia, NY
Oberlin, OH
2023 Summer Teachers Institute Resources - need to build

Adaptations

Graphic Novel by Wander Antunes (Simon & Schuster, November 2023)
Hadlyburg adaptation
page of Hadley graphic novel
The Small Town by Xu Xinhua (Jiangsua Huai Opera Company, 2016)
Audiobook (Blackstone, 2004)
Mark Twain Hadley audio book graphic
TV Movie by Mark Harris (PBS, 1980)
Radio Play by Sam Dann (CBS Radio Mystery Theater, 1976)

Radio Play by Sam Dann

by Mark Twain

“The Man Who Demoralized Hadleyburg” by Zkislaw Skowronski (Theatre Macabre, 1971 [First Aired In Poland, 1967])

The Mikado by Gilbert & Sullivan (1885)

Original US Run (1885-1886)

Clemens Family Attended Final NYC Performance on April 17, 1886

Buffalo Daily Headline Hadleyberg show
5th Avenue Headline
Mikado Music Headline
“The Criminal Cried” (Song Upon Which Hadleyburg Chants Based)
Topsy-Turvy by Mike Leigh (1999)
“How To Tell A Story” (Youth’s Companion, 1895)
How to tell a Story book cover
How to tell a story page 2