Albert and the Lion
Video not yet publicly available
This tale was recorded in August 2025 and will be uploaded to the video gallery in the near future, where it will be available to watch for free – together with many, many other tales.
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This article from the Yorkshire Times has the text and some interesting comments about the place of the monologue in 1930s British culture.
Why the lion is named Wallace.
More about other comic monologues on my website, and how I began to perform them.
Here is a rare clip of Marriott Edgar performing Albert and the Lion.
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For those who are teachers: Telling stories in the classroom: basing language teaching on storytelling