Teller of tales in a show that's retrospective (5)
I believe the answer is:
aesop
'teller of tales' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)
'a show that's retrospective' is the wordplay.
'show' becomes 'pose' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'that's retrospective' says the letters should be written in reverse.
'pose' reversed gives 'esop'.
'a'+'esop'='AESOP'
'in' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for aesop that I've seen before include "A classical fable teller" , "Greek fabulist (Tortoise and the Hare)" , "Fabulous man" , "Greek author, famous for his fables" , "he wrote in Greek" .)