# Inspector task sheet

The Christmas Tsars: torchlight and a winter drama

## 1. Trace the earliest accessible record

For The Christmas Tsars: torchlight and a winter drama, record author or storyteller, collection date, language, translation, page and exact scope. Distinguish evidence of a story being told from evidence of its events. Note which full documents remain unavailable.

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## 2. Investigate the central question

Compare dated scripts, consented recordings and attributed performer interviews. Mark fixed dialogue, improvisation and references to current events. Record household participation without publishing private addresses. Compare calendar labels carefully so that an old-style date is not mistaken for a different event.

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## 3. Compare explanations without merging evidence

Compare dated dialogue and role descriptions. Require attributable earlier descriptions for each claimed continuity. Preserve contradictions and unsuccessful searches; proposed work remains unperformed.

Status: proposed; not completed.
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