Event overview
This will be a thirty-minute performance by Peter Oswald of the first of his Three Folktales, 'Liumbruno' an Italian folktale collected by Italo Calvino, rewritten by Peter Oswald in verse.
LIUMBRUNO - written and performed by Peter Oswald - followed by discussion
Please email m.macdonald@gold.ac.uk to reserve a place
This will be a thirty-minute performance by Peter Oswald of the first of his Three Folktales, 'Liumbruno' an Italian folktale collected by Italo Calvino, rewritten by Peter Oswald in verse. This tells the story of the poor son of a fisherman, sold to the devil, who simply grows stronger no matter what mistakes he makes and what's done to him.
Peter Oswald was Writer in Residence at Shakespeare's Globe 1997-2005, and wrote three plays for that stage, two starring Mark Rylance; his verse plays have been staged at the NT, in the West End, on Broadway and around the world. Last year he performed Liumbruno at the Folger Theatre, Washington, sharing the bill with Simon Armitage; and all three tales at the Hay Festival and Wells Festival. He has published two joint-pamphlets with his wife Alice Oswald, and a joint-book with Sean Borodale, Dyad. His long poem Weyland and several of his plays are published by Oberon Books, and his collection A Reply to the Light, by New Generation Publishing.
http://www.peter-oswald76ga@squarespace.com
Dates & times
| Date | Time | Add to calendar |
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| 3 Feb 2016 | 5:00pm - 6:30pm |
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