The Toys of Peace and other papers, by Saki

Richard Crowest

‘We are merely trammelled by the ordinary decent conventions of civilised society.’ A series of professionally produced readings of the penultimate collection of satirical short stories by Saki (H H Munro).

  1. 20/09/2018

    For the Duration of the War

    “It was there, among the gooseberry bushes and beneath the medlar trees, that the temptation to the perpetration of a great literary fraud came to him.”

    11 min

  2. 31/01/2018

    The Cupboard of the Yesterdays

    “War is a cruelly destructive thing.”

    9 min

  3. 31/12/2017

    The Purple of the Balkan Kings

    “Luitpold Wolkenstein drank his coffee, but the flavour had somehow gone out of it.”

    7 min

  4. 30/11/2017

    The Image of the Lost Soul

    “There floated up to him, through the noise and bustle of the Cathedral world, a faint heart-aching message from the prisoner in the wicker cage far below.”

    6 min

  5. 22/10/2017

    Hyacinth

    “‘Children with Hyacinth’s temperament don’t know better as they grow older; they merely know more.’”

    14 min

  6. 11/08/2017

    The Oversight

    “‘Intensive bear-gardening was Sir Richard’s description of the whole affair, and I don’t think he exaggerated.’”

    10 min

  7. 31/05/2017

    The Sheep

    “‘I’m afraid I lost touch with the audience rather over that remark,’ said the Sheep afterwards.”

    13 min

  8. 01/05/2017

    The Occasional Garden

    “‘It’s too large to be ignored altogether and treated as a yard, and it’s too small to keep giraffes in.’”

    10 min
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‘We are merely trammelled by the ordinary decent conventions of civilised society.’ A series of professionally produced readings of the penultimate collection of satirical short stories by Saki (H H Munro).

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