Marie L. Shedlock
Marie L. Shedlock was an early and influential practitioner of the art of storytelling. She recorded her advice on oral performance in her book The Art of the StoryTeller.
Shedlock was born in Boulogne, France of English parents her father was an engineer helping to build a railroad. Although she lived in England for a short time as a child, she returned to France, and ultimately went to Germany to complete her education.
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