Reader's theatre

Readers Theatre or Reader's Theater is a style of theater in which the actors do not memorize their lines. Actors use only vocal expression to help the audience understand the story rather than visual storytelling such as sets, costumes, intricate blocking, and movement. This style of performance of literature was initially lauded because it emphasized hearing a written text as a new way to understand literature.

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Parable, Fable, Allegory

Parable	A parable is a short, didactic story that is meant to teach a moral or principal. Parables use human characters in believable situations so that the reader or listener feels able to relate.
Fable	A fable is a short piece of fiction that features animals in the role of the protagonist and usually includes or illustrates a moral. A fable can also have other inanimate objects, mythical creatures, or forces of nature as main characters. The distinguishing feature of a fable is the anthropomorphism or personification involved that leads to a moral lesson being taught. At times, this moral lesson is summed up at the end of the fable in a short maxim.
Allegory	An allegory is a work of art, such as a story or painting, in which the characters, images, and/or events act as symbols. The symbolism in an allegory can be interpreted to have a deeper meaning. An author may use allegory to illustrate a moral or spiritual truth, or political or historical situation.

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Brothers Grimm  (click)

The Brothers Grimm, Jacob (1785–1863) and Wilhelm Grimm (1786–1859), were German academics, philologists, cultural researchers, lexicographers and authors who together specialized in collecting and publishing *folklore during the 19th century.

*Folklore is traditional art, literature, knowledge, and practices that are passed on in large part through oral communication and example.

They were among the best-known storytellers of folk tales, and popularized stories such as:

(1) Cinderella  (click)

(2) The Frog Prince  (click)   

(3)  Hansel and Gretel  (click)

(4)  Snow White  (click)  

(5)  Rumpelstiltskin  (click) 

The Brothers Grimm (film)

The Brothers Grimm is a 2005 adventure fantasy film directed by Terry Gilliam. The film stars Matt Damon, Heath Ledger, and Lena Headey in an exaggerated and fictitious portrait of the Brothers Grimm as traveling con-artists in French-occupied Germany, during the early 19th century. However, the brothers eventually encounter a genuine fairy tale curse which requires real courage instead of their usual bogus exorcisms.

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A. A. Milne

Alan Alexander Milne (18 January 1882 – 31 January 1956) was an English author, best known for his books about the teddy bear Winnie-the-Pooh and for various poems. Milne was a noted writer, primarily as a playwright, before the huge success of Pooh overshadowed all his previous work.

Arthur Conan Doyle

Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle (22 May 1859 – 7 July 1930) was an Irish-Scottish writer and physician, most noted for creating the fictional detective Sherlock Holmes and writing stories about him which are generally considered milestones in the field of crime fiction.

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Murder, She Wrote

Murder, She Wrote is an American crime drama television series starring Angela Lansbury as mystery writer and amateur detective Jessica Fletcher.

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Teletubbies

Teletubbies is a British pre-school children's television series. The programme focuses on four multi-coloured toddlers of a mythological species known as "Teletubbies," named for the television screens implanted in their abdomens. Recognised throughout popular culture for the uniquely-shaped antenna protruding from the head of each character, the Teletubbies communicate through gibberish and were designed to bear resemblance to young children.

Teletubbies Intro and Theme Song