Fledge

Sting plays an enigmatic butler known as Fledge in 'The Grotesque' (1996), a pitch black comedy directed by John-Paul Davidson.

The Grotesque 1996

Sometimes flight is accomplished in or on a magical object, like a flying carpet in the Arabian Nights or the Norse mythical ship Skidbladnir; sometimes it is on the back of a flying magical animal companion like the hippogriff in Prisoner of Azkaban, or a flying horse like Fledge in The Magician's Nephew. more about animal companions in a future post!

Dreams of Flight Donna Farley 2007

Sometimes flight is accomplished in or on a magical object, like a flying carpet in the Arabian Nights or the Norse mythical ship Skidbladnir; sometimes it is on the back of a flying magical animal companion like the hippogriff in Prisoner of Azkaban, or a flying horse like Fledge in The Magician's Nephew. more about animal companions in a future post!

Archive 2007-01-01 Donna Farley 2007

Set in rural England in 1949, 'The Grotesque' features Alan Bates and Teresa Russell as an aristocratic couple whose eccentric and passionless lives are torn asunder after Fledge and Doris motor onto their estate (known as Crook House).

The Grotesque 1996

At once? "said Strawberry - or Fledge, as we must now call him -" Hurrah!

The Magician's Nephew Lewis, C. S. 1955

Up till now I think Fledge and Polly had had the idea that they would go in with Digory.

The Magician's Nephew Lewis, C. S. 1955

Next moment the country dropped away beneath them, and whirled round as Fledge, like a huge pigeon, circled once or twice before setting off on his long westward flight.

The Magician's Nephew Lewis, C. S. 1955

They had started early that morning and what happened in the garden had not taken very long, so that Fledge and Polly both said they would easily get back to Narnia before nightfall.

The Magician's Nephew Lewis, C. S. 1955

Fledge trotted to and fro, sniffing and whinnying.

The Magician's Nephew Lewis, C. S. 1955

"Well, tuck in," said Fledge, taking a big mouthful of grass.

The Magician's Nephew Lewis, C. S. 1955