Drama: Stor e Telling: January February 2015

"Come down,”
cried the hero’s wife.’

Illustration by Frank C. Papé
from
The Russian Story Book, 1916

We recently said good-bye to 2015, which means it is time to begin sharing my Stor e Telling columns from the National Storytelling Magazine. The resources below are from the January/February 2015 issue. All of the links have been checked and updated where necessary. I hope you find something useful to add to your repertoire either now or in the future.

Please note that I only add my columns to my blog when the year has passed. To receive additional, timely resources, please consider becoming a member of the National Storytelling Network. Your membership includes the National Storytelling Magazine.

 

The subject for this issue was Drama so I begin with links to complement the theme.

Dramaturgy Listserv – “The dramaturgy listserv is available for any local playwright looking to pair up with a dramaturg to discuss and develop their work.”
http://tinyurl.com/oulz7cm 

Performance Research is an independent, peer-reviewed journal… that aims to promote a dynamic interchange between scholarship and practice in the expanding field of performance. This link will take you to the issue on Dramaturgy.

http://tinyurl.com/qbu8h64

The Deep Order of Turbulence: The Three Faces of Dramaturgy – Scholarly paper by Eugenio Barba, founder and director of the Odin Teatret in Denmark.

http://tinyurl.com/lxm2gfq

 

STORIES

Here in the USA we have a saying, “March comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb” so I offer you some folktales that roar!

The Hare and the Lion – Africa
http://tinyurl.com/m8s2bjc

The Lily and the Lion – Grimm
http://tinyurl.com/mbqavbn

The Lion and the Beetle – United States
http://tinyurl.com/knv3j7p

The Lion and the Crane - India
http://tinyurl.com/ns7sw4c 

The Lion and the Mouse - Greece

http://tinyurl.com/pchgdb8
The Lion and the Three Cows – Afghanistan
http://tinyurl.com/pdw8xrt  

The Lion’s Dinner – Africa
http://tinyurl.com/oj9ecm2

The Lion’s Enchantment – Spain
http://tinyurl.com/kcz3qz5

The Lion’s Share – India
http://tinyurl.com/lzc9w82

Lion and Jackal- South Africa
http://tinyurl.com/kdg2yb7

Sister Fox – Ukraine
http://tinyurl.com/ltm37d7

Why Does Lion Roar? – Angola
http://tinyurl.com/n83vqrg

February 26^th is Tell a Fairy Tale Day. I offer you tales sprinkled with a bit of fairy tale magic.

The Diamond Fairy Book by various authors.

http://tinyurl.com/oxbslhy

English Fairy Tales by Flora Annie Steel complemented with beautiful illustration of Arthur Rackham.

http://tinyurl.com/28le25t

The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault – Stories offered by the man they say laid the foundation for a new literary genre, the fairy tale.

http://tinyurl.com/l5uyfr3

The Irish Fairy Book by Alfred Perceval Graves; the Giant Walker, The White Trout, and the Horned Women are just a few of the stories shared in these virtual pages

http://tinyurl.com/kl3ywqv
 
Old Fashioned Fairy Tales - According to the author, Juliana Horatia Gatty Ewing, these are her original stories, not adapted from any other fairy tales.
http://tinyurl.com/k54yece

The Shoemaker's Apron: A Second Book of Czechoslovak Fairy Tales and Folk Tales by Parker Fillmore “A collection of twenty stories…conceived with all the gorgeousness of the Slavic imagination...”

http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/33002.mobile

I invite you to visit my blog post from 2014 Tell a Fairy Tale Day. All of the links have been checked so you will be whisked away to the land of story in no time at all!
http://tinyurl.com/otwlrje

 

MISCELLANEOUS

Airbnb.com – Great site for traveling storytellers who need to find an affordable, unique place to stay; over 190 locations all over the world. Thanks to Linda Goodman for sharing the site. https://www.airbnb.com/

 

Please note, websites change at a rapid pace and weblinks may change or break without notice. I cannot be responsible for redirected or broken links.  At the time of this posting all links were in working order. Thank you for understanding.

 

Karen Chace 2016 ©

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