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A Stone From Heaven

Heard
1995
Episodes
1
Language
English

BBC Radio 4: The Saturday Playhouse

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Gahmuret was a born soldier. He could not bear to stay behind while there was fighting to be done and glory to be won, so he set off to lands well beyond Europe's borders. He served the Caliph of Baghdad, and eventually found himself on the shores of the African city of Zazamanc, where he fell in love with the Queen Belakane. He would leave her for the call of trumpets elsewhere, granting her a son, half white, half black. Eventually he would fight for a Welsh Queen, Herzeloyde, and win her hand, as well. He gave her a son, too, and left her, dying on the road to a new battle. She went mad, grabbing up her son and fleeing to the forest, where she raised him much like a wild animal.

That son's name was Parsifal.

Parsifal will leave her, too, to learn about being a knight where he will have a chance to get the Grail back for the world. When the opportunity arises, he remembers the advice he was given by his old tutor to never, ever ask questions, for a wise Knight never willingly reveals his ignorance. But this is his downfall for when he sees the Grail, Parsifal keeps silent instead of asking the one question that will bring him triumph. Mocked at King Arthur's court for his failure, he is determined to regain his honour by finding the Grail once more. But how can one find something that only appears to a person once, and never again?

"The Stone from Heaven" is a retelling of Chrétien de Troyes's epic 1191 poem, "Perceval, le Conte du…

Episodes, in broadcast order

  1. Parts 1 & 2, by Lindsay

    No date given · No. 1995 · 2 h 57 min

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  1. A Stone From Heaven (BBC Radio)

    Listeners' uploads · Lindsay Clarke · 1 episode here · archive.org

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