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Beauty and the Beast
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| Sound recording, story; Beauty and the Beast, a European transformation and wonder tale, told by Ben Haggarty accompanied by musician Sherry Robinson, as part of the programme Beauty and the Beast with other Tales of Lovers of the Rose, in a mini-festival of stories, Journeys of the Heart, programmed by the Crick Crack Club and Barbican Education, in the Pit Theatre, Barbican Centre, London, 14th February 2007. | |
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| Story told by Ben Haggarty with musical accompaniment by Sherry Robinson. A rich merchant lives in the city, with his three daughters, the youngest of whom is called Beauty. The merchant loses his wealth in a storm, and he and his daughters (whose suitors no longer want to marry them) move to live in the country. One day, the merchant hears that one of his ships has been returned and he leaves for the city to see what remains of his wealth. His two eldest daughters ask him to bring back jewellery and dresses, while Beauty asks for a rose. On his return journey, the merchant becomes lost in the forest and seeks shelter in the Beast's palace, where he is looked after by an invisible host. As the merchant leaves, he plucks a rose to take back to Beauty, offending the Beast, who appears and denounces him as a thief, promising to kill him. However when the Beast learns that he has three daughters, he instead demands that one daughter return to live with him in his palace, and that in return the merchant's life will be spared. Beauty goes to the Beast's castle where she is well treated and enjoys her evening conversations with the Beast, but refuses to marry him. Lonely, Beauty asks to return to her home to see her father. The Beast agrees. Beauty's sisters entice her to stay beyond the allotted fortnight, and she returns belatedly to the castle, finding the Beast near death. Realising her love for the Beast, Beauty agrees to marry him. The Beast instructs Beauty to take out his heart of stone and replace it with his true heart which is buried beneath a rose tree in his palace grounds. With this, the Beast is transformed into a man. | |
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| Programme note reads - Join us on Valentine's Day to find out what really happened in that fairytale forest where the merchant lost his way. Acclaimed storyteller, Ben Haggarty joins forces with cellist/composer Sherry Robinson, to tell a seemingly familiar story in a powerful new way. This brooding multi-layered version of a very ancient tale will creep into your waking dreams and haunt you with its beauty...just as it has countless generations of our ancesters. This is a programme full of dark love stories and music: romantic, rich full of exquisite joy and pain. | |
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| audience:- | adult |
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| condition:- | good |
| completeness:- | complete |
| duration:- | 0 hours, 48 minutes, 16 seconds |
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| In 2003, Jillian Barker, Head of Education at the Barbican Centre, London, approached Ben Haggarty, Artistic Director of the Crick Crack Club, with a proposal to programme regular performance storytelling at the Barbican Centre. Since 2003 the Crick Crack Club has worked in partnership with Barbican Education to programme 9 events a year in the Barbican Pit Theatre, for adult audiences. These events are programmed during the three school half terms each year, with usually three evening events per half term. The performances of storytelling are occasionally preceded by pre-show talks. The Pit Theatre is an award winning black box theatre, which seats approximately 180 people (depending on the seating configuration). | |
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| storytelling:- |
storyteller: Ben Haggarty male / British / born 30.11.1958 |
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| storytelling:- |
musician; composer: Sherry Robinson female / Irish |
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| origin:- |
composer: Sherry Robinson female / Irish Europe |
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| programming & administration:- |
programmer; Crick Crack Club Artistic Director: Ben Haggarty programmer: The Crick Crack Club administrator; programmer: The Barbican Centre; Barbican Education |
| storytelling:- |
London, England: The Barbican Centre: The Pit Theatre
14 Feb 2007 mini-festival; public performance: Journeys of the Heart Beauty and the Beast with other Tales of Lovers o |
| gift from:- |
The Barbican Centre |
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