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Stephen Fry Actor, writer and presenter

Stephen Fry’s well-documented journey from comedy actor to national treasure, by way of best-selling author, ahead-of-the-curve technophile, film director and television presenter, means he needs little introduction. He has teamed-up with composer Debbie Wiseman for a new album called The Mythos Suite, which sets to music a selection of stories from Mythos, his first volume of Greek mythological tales.

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