St. Bartholomew’s Eve–The Latest Henty Adventure
We really enjoyed our last audio theater production by Heirloom Audio, so I was quite excited to review their latest release, St. Bartholomew’s Eve.
Once again, a talented cast has been assembled to bring to life this time in history. Brian Blessed, known from Star Wars, Tarzan and King Lear reprises his role as G.A. Henty, the narrator in the story. Other cast members include Elizabeth Counsell from the Chronicles of Narnia, David Shaw-Parker from The Muppet Christmas Carol, Brian Deacon from Bonhoeffer and The Jesus Film, Andy Harrison from the Secret Garden, and Hugo Docking from Oliver Twist.
The story follows sixteen year old Philip Fletcher as he journey’s from England to join the fight in France for religious freedom. The listener is quickly swept into this fast paced and heartwarming story. My favorite part in the story occurred at the end of the first disc, when the Huguenots are realizing that there cause is hopeless and even though they may have had a small victory, they cannot feasibly continue to defend their stronghold. As they are coming to terms with their situation and discussing their bleak options, the voice of Argento, a brave young boy who desires to join the fight despite his youth, begins to sing the hymn, “A Mighty Fortress is our God.” Soon, all have joined in and you can feel the faith and emotions that must have been running through those who were present. It was such a beautiful part of the story.
We listened to the story while driving to and from our weekly co-op and I found myself wishing that we were listening to it as home because there were so many awesome quotes about the importance of defending and living your faith and I wanted to be able to pause it and write them all down!
It opened so many avenues of conversation between my older girls and I on how it related to our day now. We discussed the importance of defending our faith and also of defending our right to worship how we choose and why it is necessary to afford others those same liberties even if we disagree on basic tenets of faith. We spoke of areas around the world where religious freedom still does not exist and how truly blessed we are to live in a country where we are free to worship as we choose.
While we liked and enjoyed Wulf the Saxon, I absolutely loved St. Bartholomew’s Eve. The kids also really enjoyed this one. We can’t wait to listen to it again! With the holiday’s coming up and long car trips on the horizon, this is definitely a must have for the play list.
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