My picture book Marshall Armstrong is New To Our School was published in 2011, and this year Danish actor Sira Stampe did a very fine reading of it. She even dressed the part in a jumper reminiscent of the first edition’s dust jacket.
I first saw Sira acting in 1998 in a production of The Ghost Train by Arnold Ridley, in the theatre above the Drayton Arms pub in South Kensington. Oddly, that play has similarities to Marshall Armstrong: a strange, outside influence effecting a status quo. I’m pleased to have her read this book all these years later. Personally, I don’t know how she can keep a straight face, but that’s what makes it a good performance I guess.
Sira illustrates books too, but she can also play the saw.
Thanks Sira!
Are you sitting comfortably? Sira Stampe reads Marshall Armstrong is New To Our School.
