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Dame Ragnall
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a King Arthur story
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Sound recording, song and story; Dame Ragnall,
a legend and riddling tale from the legends of King Arthur, told
by Giles Abbott, as part of the programme New Voices, in the
Pavilion at the Beyond the Border Festival, St Donats Art Centre,
Llantwit Major, South Glamorgan, Wales, 3rd July 2004.
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Introduction by David Ambrose to the New
Voices programme and storytellers Giles Abbott, Atinuke and Dave
Robertson. These are storytellers who have not appeared at Beyond
the Border Festival in the past. Introduction, song and comment
on the nature of storytelling, followed by story told by Giles
Abbott. A story about King Arthur out hunting alone, except for
his dog. He is kidnapped and taken as a slave. He gains his
freedom by agreeing to find the answer to the riddle of what a
women desires the most. The answer is given by an ugly women in
return for Gawain's hand in marriage. Gawain agrees to the
wedding and when he kisses his bride, she becomes beautiful and
is released from her spell of ugliness.
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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, 32 minutes, 42 seconds
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Performing in the New Voices programme were Giles Abbott, Dave
Robertson and Atinuke.
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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:-
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storyteller: Giles Abbott
male / British
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storytelling:-
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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:-
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Britain
Ireland
Brittany
Celtic
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Festival programme
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Giles Abbot in performance
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Click to enlarge images
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associated:-
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storyteller: Atinuke
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associated:-
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storyteller: Dave Robertson
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programming:-
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Festival Co-Director: Ben Haggarty
Festival Co-Director: David Ambrose
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administration:-
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administrator: St Donats Arts Centre
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storytelling:-
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St Donats, Llantwit Major, South Glamorgan, Wales: St Donats Art
Centre: Pavilion
03 Jul 2004
festival: Beyond the Border Festival
New Voices
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gift from:-
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St Donats Arts Centre
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© The London Centre for International Storytelling:
2007