A feature compiled and produced by JOHN THEOCHARIS (from the biography by ELIAS BREDSDORFF , and additional material by ERIK HAUGAARD) on the centenary of the death of Hans Christian Andersen with and 'You must realise that it was only a manner of speaking when I was referred to as "the children's writer, my aim being to be a writer for aU ages, and so children could not represent me. Naïveté was only part of the fairy-tale, humour on the other hand, was its salt, and my written language was based on the folk language, that was my Danishness.'
Music composed by GLYNIS JONES , Radiophonic Workshop
(Richard Pasco is an associate member of the RSC)