Who rides so late through the night and the wind?
It is the father with his child.
He has his arms around the boy
He holds him tight, he keeps him warm.

A performance of ERLKOENIG
Schubert's famous lied based on the poem by Goethe

Singer: Elizabeth Arnold
Pianist: Dean Johnson

Filmed at Roulette, 1983

The Erl King (1983-86) Roberta Friedman & Grahame Weinbren



"Father, don't you see I'm burning?"

A reenactment of THE BURNING CHILD DREAM
as described by Freud in The Interpretation of Dreams
 
The Father: Ken Glickfeld
His dead son: Cameron Johann

Filmed at Silvercup Studios, 1984