The Toys of Peace and other papers, by Saki

The Toys of Peace and other papers, by Saki

‘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).

Episodes

For the Duration of the War

September 20, 2018 • 10 mins
“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.”
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The Cupboard of the Yesterdays

January 31, 2018 • 8 mins
“War is a cruelly destructive thing.”
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The Purple of the Balkan Kings

December 31, 2017 • 7 mins
“Luitpold Wolkenstein drank his coffee, but the flavour had somehow gone out of it.”
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The Image of the Lost Soul

November 30, 2017 • 6 mins
“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.”
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Hyacinth

October 22, 2017 • 13 mins
“‘Children with Hyacinth’s temperament don’t know better as they grow older; they merely know more.’”
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The Oversight

August 11, 2017 • 10 mins
“‘Intensive bear-gardening was Sir Richard’s description of the whole affair, and I don’t think he exaggerated.’”
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The Sheep

May 31, 2017 • 12 mins
“‘I’m afraid I lost touch with the audience rather over that remark,’ said the Sheep afterwards.”
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The Occasional Garden

May 1, 2017 • 9 mins
“‘It’s too large to be ignored altogether and treated as a yard, and it’s too small to keep giraffes in.’”
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The Seven Cream Jugs

March 30, 2017 • 12 mins
“This particular scion was known by the ignominious and expressive label of Wilfrid the Snatcher.”
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Shock Tactics

January 31, 2017 • 11 mins
“‘Don’t forget the jewels. They are a detail, but details interest me.’”
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Morlvera

December 24, 2016 • 10 mins
“They were the sort of toys that a tired shop-assistant displays and explains at Christmas time to exclamatory parents and bored, silent children.”
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The Bull

November 14, 2016 • 10 mins
“Now, the man of pigments was going to be shown a real picture, a living model of strength and comeliness."
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Fate

November 1, 2016 • 11 mins
“There are occasions when one must take one’s Fate in one’s hands. Rex took the lamp in his.”
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The Mappined Life

September 17, 2016 • 9 mins
“‘We are just so many animals stuck down on a Mappin terrace…’"
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The Hedgehog

July 31, 2016 • 12 mins
“‘I sometimes think these garden-parties are a mistake.’"
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Mark

June 4, 2016 • 10 mins
“‘A friend of mine said only the other day that he would as soon think of going into the tropics without quinine as of going on a visit without a couple of Mark Mellowkents in his kit-bag.’"
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Excepting Mrs. Pentherby

May 1, 2016 • 12 mins
“‘The hand that rocks the cradle rocks the world, in a volcanic sense.’"
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The Threat

April 5, 2016 • 10 mins
“‘In the process of recapture the birds learned a quantity of additional language which unfitted them for further service in the Suffragette cause.’"
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Canossa

January 28, 2016 • 9 mins
“‘And may the Lord have mercy on the poll...’"
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Quail Seed

September 30, 2015 • 14 mins
“‘We might be living in the Arabian Nights,’ said Miss Fritten, excitedly."
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