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Iron Man Kavad, The
an Iron Hans story

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, 17th July 2005.

Introduction to Ben Haggarty by Alan Sparkes, 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. 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.

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.

audience:- family
    recording quality
condition:- good
completeness:- complete
duration:- 0 hours, 44 minutes, 40 seconds

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.

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

storytelling:- Master of Ceremonies: Alan Sparkes
male / British / occupation storytelling club promoter

origin:- 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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administration & programming:- administrator; programmer: Festival at the Edge Committee


storytelling:- Much Wenlock, Shropshire, England: Stokes Barn: Red Tent
17 Jul 2005
festival: Festival at the Edge


performance recording from:- archivist: Kate Norgate


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