One Week to The Homing Stone and Old Peter’s Russian Tales
Wednesday, 13 July, 7.00pm: A dramatic performance of Arthur Ransome’s classic Russian folk-tales, and his perilous escape from Russia.
Hugh Lupton is Arthur Ransome’s great-nephew and one of Britain’s foremost oral story-tellers. As such he is uniquely qualified to tell The Homing Stone, his own work recounting Arthur Ransome’s escape from Russia in 1919, and some of Old Peter’s Russian Tales, his great-uncle’s classic versions of traditional Russian folk-stories.
“Hugh Lupton’s storytelling art is sheer wizardry in the guise of utter simplicity… a packed house sat in a thrall of enchantment, no movement, no intrusive sounds…” (Eastern Daily Press).
Read moreOld Peter on BBC Radio 7
BBC Radio 7 are repeating their excellent readings of Arthur Ransome’s Old Peter’s Russian Tales over the Christmas period. The readings begin with Sadko on 20 December and continue daily (except for Christmas Day and Boxing Day), ending with The Stolen Turnips on 31 December. You can see the complete schedule here.
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