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Sound recording, riddle and story; a Middle Eastern legend, told by Ben Haggarty as part of the programme The Devil's Catechism and other Riddling Tales, at Tales at the Wharf Storytelling Club, in Hebden Bridge, 28th April 2006.

Riddle asked by Ben Haggarty, including commentary about current political figures, followed by story told by Ben Haggarty. A story about Alexander the Great. Alexander rides into a market place where he meets a man selling what look like two marble balls. The market seller refuses to sell the balls to him, unless he can match their weight in gold. Alexander piles gold onto the scales, but cannot match the weight of the balls. Confused and angry, he demands an explanation. The man explains that the balls are actaully 'your own eyes', which Alexander cannot buy as his greed is never satisfied or equalled.

audience:- adult
    recording quality
condition:- good
completeness:- complete
duration:- 0 hours, 8 minutes, 14 seconds

Storytelling clubs operate in a variety of formats. Some clubs provide a place where anyone can come and tell stories to a small intimate and specialist audience ('floor-spots'); while other clubs run a programme of performances by professional or semi-professional storytellers, and many clubs do a combination of both. In 2007 the UK had in the region of 55 storytelling clubs: the larger, more prominent clubs provide a low key, small-scale circuit for storytelling, for a specialist-interest audience.

storytelling:- storyteller: Ben Haggarty
male / British / born 30.11.1958

origin:- Middle East


administration & programming:- administrator; programmer: Shaggy Dog Storytellers


storytelling:- Hebden Bridge, Yorkshire, England: Stubbung Wharf Pub
28 Apr 2006
storytelling club: Tales from the Wharf
Devil's Catechism and other Riddling Tales, The


performance recording from:- archivist: Kate Norgate


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