Classic Tales Revisited: Recent Episodes
Crafty Lion Productions
We recited classic tales within the public domain and added sound effects and music to them for a truly unique listening experience!
Each episode was uploaded every Tuesday and hosted by Paul Danger McLean
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Theme song by Paul Danger McLean Produced by Caetlyn McLean
This is the final episode of Classic Tales Revisited!
Daffodils brings home the idea that nature is the source of eternal joy.
Read by Rachel Blundey
Sound Design by Caetlyn McLean
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The poem introduces time as an enemy to nature, while personifying both in a way which is extremely symbolic.
Read by Deirdre Quinn
Sound Design by Caetlyn McLean
The poem is an elegy written in 1865 to commemorate the death of President Abraham Lincoln.
Read by John Martin
Sound Design by Caetlyn McLean
This poem is an ambiguous one that allows the reader to think about choices in life, whether to go with the mainstream or go it alone.
Read by Kerry-Anne James
Sound Design by Caetlyn McLean
‘If‘ is an inspirational poem that provides advice on how one should live one’s life. The poem takes the listener through various ways in which the listener can rise above adversity that will almost certainly be thrown one’s way at some point.
Read by Paul Danger McLean
Music by Caetlyn McLean
The poet describes a series of conflicts between reality and the romantic ideal of uniting with nature.
Read by Damian Rieck
Sound Design by Caetlyn McLean
The poem tells of a young man's quest to slay the Jabberwock and the creatures he meets along the way.
Read by Paul Danger McLean
Sound Design by Caetlyn McLean
"The Tiger" is often said to be the most widely anthologized poem in the English language. It consists entirely of questions about the nature of God and creation, particularly whether the same God that created vulnerable beings like the lamb could also have made the fearsome tiger.
Read by Paul Danger McLean
Sound Design by Caetlyn McLean
The poet describes England through the extended metaphor of a well-loved, well-cared-for garden.
Read by Rachel Blundey.
Sound design by Caetlyn McLean.
Recited in chapter four, by Tweedledum and Tweedledee to Alice in Caroll’s book Through The Looking Glass.
Read by Damian Rieck
Sound design by Caetlyn McLean
One of the best known poems of Edgar Allan Poe. It tells of a talking raven’s mysterious visit to a distraught lover, tracing the man’s slow fall into madness.
Written by Edgar Allan Poe
Read by Paul Danger McLean
Sound Design by Caetlyn McLean
Music by Paul Danger McLean
The poet recollects when faced with an emotional scene involving someone he loves.
Read by Deirdre Quinn
Sound Design by Caetlyn McLean
A nonsense poem about the romance between an owl and a cat.
Read by John Martin
Music by Caetlyn McLean
This podcast tells the story of a monstrous beast called Nian and how the Chinese New Year celebrations began.
Read by Paul Danger McLean
Sound Design by Caetlyn McLean
Music by Paul Danger McLean and Caetlyn McLean
Lewis Carroll tells the origin of "Alice in Wonderland" to Alice and her sisters during a boat trip.
Read by Rachel Blundey
Crew
Sound Design by Caetlyn McLean
Written by Katharine Tynan
Read by Deirdre Quinn
A curious gardener observes the behaviour of a local crow.
Crew:
Sound Design by Caetlyn McLean
Written by Edgar Allan Poe
Read by John Martin
A murderer who tries to persuade his listeners of his mental stability while telling the tale of the brutish act.
Crew
Sound Design by Caetlyn McLean
Listen to some of the most well-known tales for this Christmas season!
Contents
T’was the Night before Christmas by Clement C Moore. Read by Paul Danger McLean.
Along by Merry Christmas Time by Henry Lawson. Read by John Martin.
A Christmas Greeting from a Fairy to a Child by Lewis Carroll. Read by Deirdre Quinn.
The Elves and the Shoemaker by the Brothers Grimm. Read by Damian Rieck.
An Aussie Night before Christmas by an unknown poet. Read by Paul Danger McLean.
Christmas Carol by Sara Teasdale. Read by Kerry-Anne James.
Winter Time by Robert Louis Stevenson. Read by Deirdre Quinn.
Christmas Bells by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Read by John Martin.
T’was the Night after Christmas by Clement C Moore. Read by Paul Danger McLean.
The Little Match Girl by Hans Christian Andersen. Read by Annette McLean.