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Culhwch and Olwen
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| a Mabinogion story; King Arthur story | |
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| Sound recording, story; Culhwch and Olwen, from the Mabinogion, comprising myth, legend and folk tales of Welsh origin, told by Michael Harvey, accompanied by Lynne Denman and Stacey Blythe, in the Bradenstoke Hall at the Beyond the Border Festival, St Donats Art Centre, Llantwit Major, South Glamorgan, Wales, 5th July 2003 | |
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| Introduction by David Ambrose, followed by story told by Michael Harvey, accompanied with music and song by Stacey Blythe and Lynne Denman. This performance of Culhwch and Olwen was commissioned for the festival to celebrate its tenth anniversary year. A story about how Culhwch came to marry Olwen, the daughter of the chief of all giants. The story derives from the Mabinogion and refers to King Arthur. | |
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| audience:- | adult |
| language:- | English; Welsh |
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| condition:- | good; fair |
| completeness:- | complete |
| duration:- | 1 hour, 41 minutes, 6 Seconds |
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| Beyond the Border Festival was founded in 1993 by Ben Haggarty, Artistic Director of the Crick Crack Club, and David Ambrose, the then Director of St Donats Arts Centre, Wales. The Festival was founded as The Beyond the Border International Festival of Storytelling and Epic Singing, but became known simply as Beyond the Border. The festival ran from 1993 to 2006 co-directed by the two founders: with Ben Haggarty programming storytellers and David Ambrose programming musicians. Since 2007 the festival has been directed by David Ambrose. The festival is a weekend event running on the first weekend of July annually; attracting around 2,500 people from across Britain and from overseas. The festival is sited at St Donats Arts Centre and in the grounds of St Donats Castle in the Vale of Glamorgan on the South Coast of Wales. Beyond the Border was initiated as part of the UK Year of Literature in 1995. The successful bid submitted by Academi Wales, prominently featured a storytelling festival. The original Director of the UK Year of Literature was Maura Dooley, who had been at the South Bank Centre in London when Ben Haggarty ran the Third International Storytelling Festival there in 1989. Maura Dooley supported the proposal brought to her by Ben Haggarty and David Ambrose to hold an International festival and series of summer schools at St Donats Castle and to begin Beyond the Border in 1993 in order to build an audience and a core of Wales-based artists for the Year of Literature in 1995. However before the plan could be implemented Maura Dooley resigned from her post (the position was later taken by Sean Dorran). Despite this, St Donats Arts Centre was committed to the festival and Beyond the Border was launched in July 1993. The 1993, 1994 and 1995 festivals were accompanied by summer schools, which produced a number of storytellers including Megan Lloyd, Francis Maxey, Richard Berry and Michael Harvey. | |
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| storytelling:- |
storyteller: Michael Harvey male / British |
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singer: Lynne Denman female / Welsh |
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musician; singer: Stacey Blythe female |
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Master of Ceremonies; Festival Co-Director: David
Ambrose male / British / occupation Director of St Donats Arts Centre |
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| origin:- | Wales |
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| Festival programme | |
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| Michael Harvey and musicians and singers in performance | |
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| programming:- |
Festival Co-Director: Ben Haggarty Festival Co-Director: David Ambrose |
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administrator: St Donats Arts Centre |
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St Donats, Llantwit Major, South Glamorgan, Wales: St Donats Art
Centre: Bradenstoke Hall
05 Jul 2003 festival: Tenth Anniversary Beyond the Border Festival |
| gift from:- |
St Donats Arts Centre |
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