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Short Works: Cassandra by Xanthe Gresham Knight

Cassandra by Xanthe Gresham Knight

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Acclaimed storyteller Xanthe Gresham Knight performs her new and beguiling tale.

Acclaimed storyteller Xanthe Gresham Knight writes and performs this specially commissioned and beguiling tale about the god Apollo who reflects on love, loss and making amends.

Acclaimed storyteller Xanthe Gresham Knight performs her specially commissioned and beguiling tale about the god Apollo who is in changed circumstances in contemporary Britain. Here he reflects on love, loss and making amends.

Author and international storyteller Xanthe Gresham Knight, has performed at Cheltenham and Hay Literature Festivals, the Barbican, the National, Northern Stage, toured India with the British Council and storytelling festivals internationally.  She has been Storyteller in Residence for Harvard University, the Chelsea Physic Garden, Stoke and Staffordshire Libraries, Hastings 18 Hours and Psychologies Magazine. She performs regularly at The British Museum and The Smithsonian Washington.  Her latest book Goddesses and Heroines is forthcoming.  

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