Encore: The Fairy Fort
1/6/202622 min
Taylor Richardson (The Gilded Age) and Alison Wright (The Americans, Snowpiercer) co-star in this Irish tale about mischievous fairies and the power of music.
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First 90 secondsRebecca Sheir· Host0:00
[gentle music] Hi, Rebecca Sheir here, wishing you a happy, healthy new year. Here at Circle Round, we're taking time off this week to gear up for a bunch of exciting live recordings. Join us for Circle Round live in Los Angeles on January 18th, Boston on February 7th, and Cleveland on March 14th. Get your tickets at wbur.org/circleround. And now, we're pleased to present an encore edition of Circle Round, an episode from the archives that's become a big listener favorite. We'll be back with a new episode next Tuesday. Have you ever made mischief? A little harmless mischief can be fun. My son recently put a whoopee cushion on my chair at the dinner table and, well, we all had a good laugh about that. But in today's story, the mischief doesn't come from a playful young boy, it comes from some impish fairies, and they don't just make mischief, they wreak havoc. [upbeat music] I'm Rebecca Sheir, and welcome to Circle Round, where story time happens all the time. Today, our story is called The Fairy Fort. Versions of this tale come from Ireland, a country in Northern Europe. [upbeat music] Some really great people came together to bring you our adaptation of this folktale, including Taylor