The Louis XV Chair: Hyacinth Nicholls The Grandfather Clock: Malcolm Walker The Tea Pot: Thierry Dran The Chinese Cup: Louise Winter The Fire: Nan Christie A Shepherd: Jady Pearl A Shepherdess: Carol Smith The Princess: Harolyn Blackwell The Little Old Man: Thierry Dran The Cat: Fiona Kimm A Tree: François Loup The London Philharmonic Conductor: Simon Rattle The child (aged six or seven) refuses to do his homework, and sticks his tongue out at his mother, who punishes him with dry bread and tea without sugar, and locks him in until suppertime. Left alone, the Child throws a tantrum, tormenting his pet squirrel and the cat, stirring up the fire, and demolishing anything within reach crockery, wallpaper, his books, the clock...  (less)