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Sound recording, story; a ghost story, folk
tale and legend from the Scottish traveller tradition, told by
Sheila Stewart at The Crick Crack Club The Old Farm House Pub,
Kentish Town, London 26th November 1991.
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A story, told by Sheila Stewart, followed by
interval announced by Ben Haggarty. A story about a man who is
becomes an expert sheep shearer and spends the spring shearing
sheep in Glen Shee and Glen Isla. When the man dies, there is an
arguement about which glen he should be buried in, but the
argument is interupted by a darkening of the skies. When this
passes, the arguing men find that a second coffin has appeared.
One coffin is buried in Glen Shee, the other in Glen Isla, and as
no-one dared to look inside either coffin, no one knows in which
glen the shearer was actually buried.
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The programme note reads - 'Sheila and her 15
year old grandson come from a famous Scots traveller family; The
Stewarts of Blairgowrie. Their repertoire of folk tale, wonder
tale and ballad dates back at least 500 years. A rich evening
from a living tradition.
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audience:-
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adult
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recording quality
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condition:-
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good
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completeness:-
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complete
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duration:-
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0 hours, 11 minutes, 52 seconds
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This event was advertised as a joint performance by Sheila
Stewart and Rob Roy McGregor, but Ian McGregor performed in the
place of Rob Roy.
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This is one of a series of recordings made by Marc Jobst to
create a pilot of a series of radio programmes entitled Cracking
Tales for broadcast on BBC Radio 4. Pilots were made, but the
programme was never broadcast.
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The Crick Crack Club was founded by Ben Haggarty in 1987 and was
the first regular performance storytelling club to be established
in the UK. From the outset, the club operated with a programme of
storytellers put in place by an artistic director, Ben Haggarty.
It had no 'floor spots' whereby anyone had the opportunity to
tell stories. The club was created in response to a recognised
need for there to be sufficient UK storytellers to perform
competent, formal evening shows for adult audiences in the
proposed 1989, 15 day long, Third International Storytelling
Festival at London's South Bank Centre. In the autumn of 1987 the
first season of 26 weekly Crick Crack Club events was launched in
a pub theatre (The Chair) in Ladbrook Grove, with the expressed
aim of trying out new artists and providing an opportunity for
established artists to develop their skills and repertoire for
adults. Jenny Pearson of the Kew Storytellers helped Ben Haggarty
with the organisation of this first season.The Crick Crack Club
promoted weekly events in various venues in London between 1987
and 1995, and then monthly events at the Spitz from 1995 to 2001.
During this time it also organised numerous monthly events and
mini-festivals in regional arts venues throughout England. In
1991/92 wth £10,000 from the Arts Council Literature department
it tried to establish a touring circuit promoting 120 events in a
year. Daniel Morden gave invaluable administrative support during
this period. In 1993, in partnership with David Ambrose of St.
Donats Arts Centre in Wales, the Crick Crack Club Club created
the Beyond the Border International Festival of Storytelling and
Epic Singing. Ben Haggarty co-directed Beyond the Border from
1993 to 2005. Since 2001 the Crick Crack Club has worked on a
peripatetic basis, programming in various venues and in
partnership with various organisations, and in 2003 began a
long-term partnership with Barbican Education in London, to
promote 9 events a year in the Barbican Pit Theatre
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storytelling:-
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storyteller; ballad singer; singer: Sheila Stewart
female / Scottish / traveller
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storytelling:-
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Master of Ceremonies; Crick Crack Club Artistic Director: Ben
Haggarty
male / British / born 30.11.1958 / occupation Performance
Storyteller; promoter
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origin:-
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Scotland
traveller
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Crick Crack Club season flyer and event listing
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Click to enlarge images
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associated:-
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storyteller; ballad singer; singer; musician: Ian McGregor
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use:-
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BBC Radio 4
Marc Jobst
radio broadcast pilot |
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administration & programming:-
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administrator; programmer: The Crick Crack Club
administrator; programmer; Artistic Director: Ben Haggarty
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storytelling:-
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Kentish Town, London, England: The Old Farm House Pub
26 Nov 1991
storytelling club: The Crick Crack Club
public performance
radio production
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gift from:-
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Marc Jobst
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© The London Centre for International Storytelling:
2007