Sentence examples for set the tale from inspiring English sources

Mr. Bernardi has set the tale about the power of positive thinking in a "Starlight Express" mode.

Roderick and Pamela Fitzgerald (Ray Milland and Ruth Hussey), brother-and-sister Londoners, set the tale in motion by buying a grand, long vacant country house in Cornwall, on a cliff overlooking the sea.

Director Robert Carsen, who has set the tale of Shakespeare's roguish knight in the 1950s, wanted to introduce a horse to reflect English society.

Durang set the tale in Bucks County, Pa., in a rural manse occupied by siblings Vanya (Anthony Fusco and Sonia Sharon Lockwoodod), both middle-aged, forlorn and too listless to change out of their pajamas without good reason.

His adaptation cuts about 20percentt of the original, expands some characters and sets the tale at a fearlessly fast clip.

Renaud Doucet's production sets the tale in the 1950s, with surreal sets, garish costumes and comic antics that sometimes turn inane.

Directed and choreographed by Renaud Doucet, with sets and costumes by André Barbe (originally designed for l'Opéra National du Rhin), this bold staging sets the tale in the 1950s.

Mr. Alden sets the tale in a garish modern hotel, which John Conklin's sets depict through wildly flowered wallpaper and lots of neon.

James Robinson's production for the New York City Opera of Humperdinck's always-popular "Hansel and Gretel," performed in English with supertitles, sets the tale a century ago in New York City.

The twist in the story shocks, but what's really daring is that the village where Mambety sets the tale, where he pins his nation to the wall, is … his hometown.

But Mr. Glass's opera is distinctive, a homage to Cocteau's surreal 1949 film "Orphée," which sets the tale in modern times and stars Jean Marais in the title role.