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Show Magical faeries again enchant TV audiences "Faeries," an animated fable based on the best-selling book about those elusive, magical, capricious creatures who have captured the imaginations imagi-nations of adults and young people alike, will be rebroad-cast rebroad-cast Wednesday, Aug. 18 on CBS. Veteran character actor Hans Conried did the voice parts for the double roles of the faerie King and of his nemesis, the evil Shadow, in this fully animated tale of magic gone awry amid intrigue, enchantment and courage in the kingdom of Faerie. The special is an original story by Christopher Gore, with its principal characters taken from the art book of "factual" information and illustration about Faerie and its bizarre inhabitants described and illustrated bj Brian Froud and Alan Lee anc published by Harry N Abrams. In the allegorical tale, the King of Faerie, through hi: unique magical powers, ha: blown life into his own shad ow, a feat of sorcery nevei ' before accomplished. For time, all was well in bright : beautiful, music-filled Faerie land. The Shadow was thi King's friend and constant companion. But through a miscalculation of magic, the Shadow's power grew while the King's strength faded. Then the Shadow turned evil, forming alliances with the most malevolent creatures crea-tures in the dark corners of the realm Cackling Hags, Redcap Goblins and the sinister sinis-ter Unseelie Court. The light begins fading on the land of the weakening King and the Shadow theatens to destroy Faerieland and wield his evil control over everything, including the King's beautiful daughter, Niamh. Only a mortal can save the , kingdom. Fate decrees that ; the mortal will be Oisin, a : young man who is out hunting I when he is captured by faer-I faer-I ies, put under an enchanted , spell by Princess Niamh, ' lured into the world of Faerie 1 and brought before the King. . Oisin is challenged to find and destroy the Shadow, with the ; assistance of a mischievous, 3 fun-loving, shape-shifting pix-3 pix-3 ie named Puck. Along the way to save the r kingdom, they are joined by i another good faerie and the , three continue on their - mission, which is fraught with i adventures. |