More deep tales to watch
As the video gallery has become very extensive, below is a collation of tales which explore the deeper aspects of the human psyche
- Blue Rose
A powerful wedding story - Calf with the Fattened Ear
An Ethiopian tale of foolish greed - Candle in the Barn
A tale in which a father learns wisdom from his daughter - Carpenter
A tale of anger overcome - Cruel Sister (including harp music)
A blind harper brings justice - Crystal Heart
Learning the true meaning of beauty, love, life - Death in the Nut
A powerful tale in which Jack learns that death is essential to life - Drop of Honey
A highly-topical Burmese folk tale about political responsibility - Finest Harp
A Taoist tale of a man’s wishes - Giant without a Heart
A Norwegian wonder tale in which the youngest son kills the giant and wins the bride - Girl from Heaven
A tale where a man fails to recognise what his wife has to offer - Golden Apples with Silver Leaves
A Swedish wonder tale - Hänsel’s Stepmother
The dark truth behind a well-known tale - Khan’s Riddles
A new recording of a wonderful wedding story - King Erysichthon
A powerful ruler thinks he is above the laws which govern us – Ovid’s dark tale of punishment by the gods - King Midas and the Touch of Gold
The classic tale of unintended consequences - Land Where No One Ever Dies
An Italian folk tale dealing with one of our last taboos - Lindworm
A powerful adult fairy tale of redemption - Lost Necklace
A poor woman helps a rich king find wisdom - Lute Player
A new recording of a Russian tale of war, enslavement and liberation - Magic Pear Tree
A tale of greed punished - Milk and Sugar
A powerful tale of immigration - Mr Fox
A folk tale of horror – speaking across the centuries to #MeToo teenagers - Nix Nought Nothing
An ancient fairy tale with parallels to the Jason and Medea myth - Old Rinkrank
A Grimms’ fairy tale in which a young girl becomes a woman - Pleiades
How a princess and her six suitors became a constellation of stars - Pomegranates and Patience
A Sufi tale of what a patient needs from a doctor - Prince Hat under the Ground
A magic-filled Swedish fairy tale, drawing on the myth of Amor and Psyche - Princess of the Roses
A lyrical fairy tale from Palestine - Rabbit and the Moon
A powerful African tale of death and new birth - Sesame Seed
An Egyptian folktale which teaches a king wisdom - Silent Princess
An Oriental fairy tale - Small Bird’s Wisdom
A Polish tale of how soon wisdom is forgotten - Stolen Bairn
A Scottish fairy tale of a mother’s courage re-uniting her with her child - Three Suitors
A tale in which the woman has the right to choose - Two Warriors
Homer’s tale of two men who found they could not fight for they knew each other’s story - Well of the World’s End
An old tale of a young person’s initiation - Why Stones Never Die
A creation myth from the Nupe people, Nigeria - Wounded Selkie
A tale of hate, revenge, forgiveness, reconciliation and understanding
View a selection of comic tales to watch
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View all tales for a complete alphabetical list of tales (audio, text and video format)
Disclaimer
The video clips here are all amateur quality, shot in various theatres or, as here, in my home studio.
Their intention is just to show the range of my storytelling and give a flavour of a live performance.
Permission is granted for use in non-commercial educational contexts.
The videos are © Richard Martin.
Professionally recorded CDs and DVDs are available here.
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For those who are teachers: Telling stories in the classroom: basing language teaching on storytelling