The Storyteller recounts the time he was caught making a fool of the royal cook and, as punishment meted out by the King, must tell one story a day for a year. All goes well until the very last day when he suffers from storyteller's block.
John Hurt
The Storyteller
Bryan Pringle
Cook
John Kavanagh
Beggar
Brenda Blethyn
The Storyteller's Wife
Richard Vernon
King
Sarah Crowden
Queen