| The StoryTeller | |
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| Air Date | January 22, 1988 |
| Written by | Anthony Minghella |
| Director | Charles Sturridge |
"A Story Short" was the only episode of The StoryTeller that focused on the Storyteller as the main character. The Storyteller was to tell a king 365 different stories, one for each day of the year, or be boiled by a cook. On the final day, with no story, a mysterious beggar gives him a story he will never forget.
Cast[]
- Bryan Pringle as Cook
- John Kavanagh as Beggar
- Brenda Blethyn as Storyteller's Wife
- Richard Vernon as King
- Sarah Crowden as Queen
- Jackson Kyle as Prince
- Arthur Hewlett as Page
- Alistair Fullarton as Hare
Notes[]
- This episode adapts "The Storyteller at Fault", a folk tale collected by Joseph Jacobs in his 1892 anthology, Celtic Fairy Tales. It also incorporates the folk tale "Stone Soup."
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