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Not Even God
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Sound recording, story; Not Even God, an
African folk tale and trickster tale told by Jan Blake, as part
of the programme Thrones of Justice, in a mini-festival of
Thrones of Freedom, programmed by the Crick Crack Club and
Barbican Education, in the Pit Theatre, Barbican Centre, London,
1st June 2005.
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Crick Crack Call and response followed by
story told by Jan Blake. A story about a man who marries a
beautiful wife, but without reason becomes insecure, jealous and
suspicious of her. He locks her up behind seven locked doors. She
manages to obtain a key and promptly does take a lover. Her
husband's suspicion grows when one-day he finds one of the doors
left unlocked. He tells his wife that he will take her to the
oracle stone (where only the truth can be told), where she must
lay her head on the stone and declare that only he, her husband,
has seen her nakedness. She tells her lover to dress as a donkey
man and wait on the route to the stone. She then exposes herself
to him when mounting a donkey to travel to the stone, and then
admits to the stone, that only her husband and the donkey man
have seen her nakedness. Thereby telling the truth and tricking
her husband.
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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, 19 minutes, 33 seconds
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Performing in the programme Thrones of Justice were Jan Blake and
TUUP.
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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:-
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storyteller: Jan Blake
female / British Jamaican / African Caribbean / British / born
18.03.1964
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origin:-
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Africa
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event flyer
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Click to enlarge images
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associated:-
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storyteller; musician: TUUP; Godfrey Duncan
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programming & administration:-
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programmer; Crick Crack Club Artistic Director: Ben Haggarty
programmer: The Crick Crack Club
administrator; programmer: The Barbican Centre; Barbican
Education
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storytelling:-
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London, England: The Barbican Centre: The Pit Theatre
01 Jun 2005
mini-festival; public performance: Thrones of Freedom
Thrones of Justice
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gift from:-
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The Barbican Centre
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© The London Centre for International Storytelling:
2007