The Princess Bride

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William Goldman's witty cult classic of true love and high adventure.

A two-part dramatisation of swashbuckling adventure plus five bitesize backstories which can be enjoyed as stand-alone stories or to enhance your experience of the drama.

William Goldman's witty cult classic of true love and high adventure in a two-part dramatisation, plus five bitesize backstories which can be enjoyed as stand-alone stories or to enhance your experience of the drama.

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The Princess Bride: Bitesize Backstories: The Henchman

Bitesize Backstories: The Henchman

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William Goldman’s classic tale of true love and adventure.

How does a simple giant that loves to rhyme become a master villain’s henchman?

“This is my favourite book in all the world, though I have never read it”. When Goldman discovers The Princess Bride by S Morgenstern is not the swashbuckling fantasy his father read him as a child, but is in fact a patchy and extensive historical satire, he sets out to create the “Good Parts” version…
 
A tale of true love and high adventure featuring a fighting giant that loves to rhyme, a swordsman on the ultimate quest for revenge, a pirate in love with a princess, a princess in love with a farm boy and a prince in love with war. 


First a novel, then a film, now an audio experience: 

The Best Bits of the Good Parts Version by Stephen Keyworth.

A two-part dramatisation of swashbuckling adventure plus five bitesize backstories which can be enjoyed as stand-alone stories or to enhance your experience of the drama.   


Bitesize Backstories: The Henchman

Fezzik was a simple, happy giant...until his parents taught him to fight.

The story of how a giant whose favourite sport was making rhymes became the henchman to a master villain. 
 

Reader: Grant O’Rourke
Producer: Kirsty Williams

Sound recording: Iain McKinna
Editing: Joanne Willott

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