Stephen Mulrine - Ivan The Fool and Vasilisa The Wise

“This is a very peculiar story....”

And so it is, with a man-eating witch, a talking doll, a dead princess and a live skeleton - the source of all the world's evil.

But the course of true love never did run smooth and Ivan the Fool is determined to marry the beautiful Vasilisa, no matter what the obstacles...

Nicholas McArdle narrates Stephen Mulrine’s magical drama.

Ivan The Fool …… Jonathan Tafler
Koschei …… John Rye
Vasilisa The Wise …… Victoria Carling
Baba Yaga …… Pauline Letts
Doll …… Caroline Gruber
Tsaritsa …… Julie Berry
The Priest …… Alan Dudley

Director: Matthew Walters

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1987.