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Silent Prince, The

Sound recording, story; The Silent Prince, a folk tale and riddling tale, told by Dan Yashinsky as part of the programme The Story Within The Story, in a mini-festival of stories, Stories Within Stories, programmed by the Crick Crack Club and Barbican Education, in the Pit Theatre, Barbican Centre, London, 7th July 2004

A story told by Dan Yashinsky. A King and Queen have a son who never speaks and becomes known as the Silent Prince. When he turns 18 years of age, the King and Queen offer a reward to anyone who can make him speak. They are to spend one night with the prince with a witness, and if they fail, they are to be beheaded. Many men tried and failed. Then a girl in the village decides to try. Before she goes to the palace she asks for her grandmother's advice. The girl then goes to the palace and spends a night in the prince's room. She succeeds in getting the prince to speak, by asking the witness a riddle-story. When the witness cannot answer the riddle, the prince offers an answer. This is repeated for a second night with two witnesses, and for a third night with three witnesses, until finally the King believes that the prince has spoken. As her reward, the girl marries the prince.

audience:- adult
    recording quality
condition:- good
completeness:- complete
duration:- 0 hours, 22 minutes, 6 seconds

Performing in The Story Within the Story were Dan Yashinsky and Pamela Marre.

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).

storytelling:- storyteller: Dan Yashinsky
male / Canadian / Romanian / American / Polish / Turkish / Russian / Jewish / born 20.09.1950


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associated:- storyteller: Pamela Marre


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
07 Jul 2004
mini-festival; public performance: Stories within Stories
The Story Within The Story


gift from:- The Barbican Centre


©  The London Centre for International Storytelling: 2007
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