At the Corner of Broadway & Dickinson -- Part 2

From our entertainment editor Qwerty Lee Dickinson:

We have written extensively about the connection of Broadway to Emmett Lee Dickinson (Emily Dickinson's third cousin, twice removed -- at her request).  Some of our coverage is HERE, HERE, and HERE.

Another 2017 Tony Award nominee with a direct link to Emmett Lee Dickinson is "The Play That Goes Wrong," nominated for best set.

In "The Play That Goes Wrong," the fictitious Cornley Polytechnic Drama Society performs "The Murder at Haversham Manor" – a 1920s murder mystery similar to Agatha Christie's "The Mousetrap."  During the play-within-a-play,  a plethora of disasters befall the cast including doors sticking, props on the walls falling down, floors collapsing, and more.
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The play "The Play That Goes Wrong" was inspired by an earlier play called "The Poem That Goes Wrong," a comedy based on an early edition of poetry by Emmett Lee Dickinson called "The Poem That Goes Wrong."  The first poem in that tome, "Discomfort in my Writing Room" (below on the left)  is about a poet with writer's block.  Dickinson's poem also inspired third cousin Emily to pen her poem "'Twas comfort in her Dying Room" (below on the right).

By Emmett Lee Dickinson:
 
Discomfort in my Writing Room
When I have writer’s Block –
With no relief to have ideas
Walk boldly up and knock –
Immersion in a Dying Theme
When nothing seems to work –
I’ll wrong the poem
So words can live
Though this of mine must die.
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By Emily Dickinson:
 
'Twas comfort in her Dying Room
To hear the living Clock --
A short relief to have the wind
Walk boldly up and knock --
Diversion from the Dying Theme
To hear the children play --
But wrong the more
That these could live
And this of ours must die.
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​Below:  A first edition of Emmett Lee Dickinson's poetry collection called "The Poem That Goes Wrong."