by Preston Hagen | Mar 6, 2024 | News, press-release
Author William Jefferson’s Future-Cast of Tomorrow Releases March 15 ROGERSVILLE, Mo., March 6, 2024 — Amidst the continual emergence of new technologies, methodologies and robotics purportedly designed to simplify our lives, “2102: Pretense, the Play”...
by Preston Hagen | Feb 18, 2024 | 2102: Pretense The Play, Reviews
The world is advancing rapidly, and we witness new technologies, methodologies, and robotics every day. These advances purportedly make our lives easier, but do they truly? “2102: Pretense,” The Play written by William E. Jefferson, seems to shed light on the impact...
by Preston Hagen | Apr 30, 2023 | Reviews
Review by Teddie Richer Indeed, William E. Jefferson’s revolutionary new epic allegorical adventure PRESENCE, THE PLAY is a tale immersed in Easter tradition. But to classify it as a traditional Easter novel would not be doing it justice… It is a story full of...
by Preston Hagen | Apr 30, 2023 | Reviews
Presence, the Play by William Jefferson is an allegorical tale woven across multiple levels: Christian theology, media critique, the hero’s journey, and poetic reimagining of classic works, including Dante’s Inferno and Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales. The storyline leads...
by Preston Hagen | Apr 30, 2023 | Reviews
Review by Cynthia Conrad While Jefferson calls upon the works of Frost, Chaucer and Poe to add depth to the story, it is Dante’s Inferno and biblical texts that inform the novel as a whole. With each trip to hell, Script must pass through one of five doors that open...
