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Iron Man Kavad, The
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an Iron Hans story
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Sound recording, story; The Iron Man Kavad, a
version of a wonder tale, from Romania, told using a kavad, by
Ben Haggarty in the Red Tent at Festival at the Edge, Stokes
Barn, Much Wenlock, Shropshire, England, 15th July
2005.
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Introduction to Ben Haggarty by an
unidentified Master of Ceremonies, followed by a European wonder
tale told by Ben Haggarty using a kavad, made by Ben Haggarty. A
kavad is an Indian storytelling tradition. It is a wooden box
with opening doors and drawers, covered with painted images,
which the storyteller uses to illustrate their story. The Iron
Man Kavad was one of the commissioned pieces for Festival at the
Edge 2005, funded by Arts Council England. This performance R495,
is the premier and first public performance of the Iron Man Kavad
by Ben Haggarty. Recordings R496, R497, R498 provide records of
performances 3, 4, and 5, over the course of the weekend
festival. R77 gives a recording of Ben Haggarty telling the Iron
Man without a Kavad, in 1994.
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A widowed King has three sons, the youngest of
which he hates. They are sent out into the world to seek their
fortune. The eldest two sons gain kingdoms and wives, but the
youngest son ends up making his life in a swamp. A silver women
comes to his aid. The youngest son takes the silver women to meet
his father, but the King takes the silver women captive. The
youngest son undertakes a number of challenges set by the King,
in order to save the silver women. He succeeds by calling on the
help of the silver women's brother, the Iron Man, who lives in
the swamp. The King is killed by the Iron Man. The silver women
is released; she turns gold; and the youngest son and she are
married.
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audience:-
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family
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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, 45 minutes, 21 seconds
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Festival at the Edge was founded in 1992 by Mike Rust and Richard
'Mogsy' Walker. It is a weekend-long annual festival of
storytelling and folk music that takes place in the third weekend
of July. It is an outdoors and tented festival situated in the
fields surrounding Stokes Barn on the outskirts of Much Wenlock,
Shropshire.
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storytelling:-
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storyteller: Ben Haggarty
male / British / born 30.11.1958
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storytelling:-
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Master of Ceremonies
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origin:-
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Romania
Romani; Gypsy
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Ben Haggarty performing the Iron Man Kavad at Festival at the
Edge 2005
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Detail of some of the images painted on the Iron Man Kavad
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Images from the making process of the Iron Man Kavad by Ben
Haggarty
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Festival at the Edge programme and programme notes
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Click to enlarge images
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administration & programming:-
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administrator; programmer: Festival at the Edge Committee
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storytelling:-
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Much Wenlock, Shropshire, England: Stokes Barn: Red Tent
15 Jul 2005
festival: Festival at the Edge
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performance recording from:-
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archivist: Kate Norgate
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© The London Centre for International Storytelling:
2007