45.4 Fireside Fairy Tales: "Clarence"
Fireside Mystery Theatre
Fireside Mystery Theatre
4.5 • 626 Ratings
🗓️ 8 September 2019
⏱️ 37 minutes
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Summary
"Clarence" is the final installment in our Fireside Fairy Tales series recorded live on May 26th, 2019.
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Cast featured in this episode:
Alain Laforest as Clarence
James Rieser as Mr. Gwynne
Ali Silva as Madame Demornay
Michael Pate as Jacob
Kacie Laforest as Old Prue
David Linton as Grigory
Mary Murphy as Zelda and young Misha
Audio play by Brian Wallace
Directed by Holly Payne-Strange
Song:
“Once Upon a Time” by Charles Strouse and Lee Adams
performed by Martina DaSilva accompanied by Nico Sleator
Poem:
Written and performed by David Linton
Musical score improvised by Nico Sleator
Sound Effects Designer and Engineer: Greg Russ
Technical Director at The Slipper Room: Johnny Goddard
Production Assistant: Brontis Shane Orengo
Theme music by Jason Graves
Post-production audio by Ali Silva
Produced by Gustavo Rodriguez & Ali Silva for Fireside Mystery Productions
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | We may have come to the final episode in our fireside fairy tale series, |
| 0:11.6 | but we've saved a devilish delight for last. |
| 0:14.3 | The great Russian author Leo Tolstoy is acclaimed for his behemoth novels on human nature, war and peace, and |
| 0:23.4 | Anna Karenina among them. But Tolstoy also understood the power that the fairy tale holds on |
| 0:30.0 | our psyche, and so penned such a one himself. It's called The Imp and the Crust. Our own twisted reimagining of it by the mind of writer Brian Wallace is called Clarence. |
| 0:44.6 | Fireside Fairy Tales was taped live in New York City on Sunday, May 26, 2019. |
| 1:05.2 | Thank you. 2019. Yeah. |
| 1:06.1 | Did I scare you? |
| 1:08.3 | Oh, you startled me a bit, yes. |
| 1:10.7 | I was distracted by all the sounds here, the pain, these poor people. |
| 1:14.6 | There are no people here, just what's left of their souls. |
| 1:17.6 | You never get used to it, do you? This place. |
| 1:20.6 | We should hope not. |
| 1:21.6 | Right. |
| 1:22.6 | Are you ready? |
| 1:23.6 | I don't know. |
| 1:24.6 | Well, it's time. |
| 1:25.6 | Should just get it over with, I suppose. |
| 1:29.3 | Nothing's over with anymore. |
| 1:31.1 | You should know that by now. |
| 1:32.2 | Come inside. |
| 1:43.2 | Madam de Mornay, this is Clarence. Yes, I know. |
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