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Jack and the Devil's
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| Sound recording, story; Jack and the Devil's Purse, a wonder tale, how and why or aetiological tale, tale of fairies and Jack tale, from the Scottish traveller tradition told by Ben Haggarty, as part of a performance entitled Magic - That World in This, performed by The Company of Storytellers at Common Stock Theatre, London, 25th January 1986. | |
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| Introduction by Ben Haggarty, followed by music played by members of The Company of Storytellers, followed by story told by Ben Haggarty, which he heard from Duncan Williamson. A story about Jack who agrees to perform a task for the devil in a year and a day, in return for a shilling for a drink. The devil gives Jack a purse, which gives him an endless supply of shillings. Jack tries to get rid of the purse. He seeks the advice of a henwife who gives him a Bible and tells him to ask the blacksmith to beat the evil spirits out of the purse. The devil reappears and asks Jack to come to hell, to keep an eye on his imps. Jack does so, and to pass the time reads the imps the Bible. The imps are converted to Christianity and the devil sends Jack back into the world with the imps. The imps go out into the world and Jack returns home to find that he has been away for 10 years. Jack never drinks again. | |
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| audience:- | adult (Audience members included storytellers Eric Maddern and Malcolm Green.) |
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| condition:- | fair |
| completeness:- | complete |
| duration:- | 0 hours, 22 minutes, 57 seconds |
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| The performance comprised one of three nights of stories entitled Magic, Tasks and Trickery. The Company of Storytellers at this time comprised Ben Haggarty, Sally Pomme Clayton, Hugh Lupton, Daisy Keable and Godfrey TUUP. | |
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| The Company of Storytellers (C.O.S.T) was formed in March/April 1985 with the expressed aim of performing storytelling for adult audiences. C.O.S.T was actually formed during a tour in East Anglia by Sally Pomme Clayton, Hugh Lupton and Ben Haggarty. The official launch of COST was in 1986 at Common Stock Theatre, London. At this point the members of C.O.S.T were Sally Pomme Clayton, TUUP, Ben Haggarty, Daisy Keable, Hugh Lupton. However TUUP and Daisy Keable did not remain in the group and it is as a trio of storytellers, Ben Haggarty, Hugh Lupton and Sally Pomme Clayton, that C.O.S.T is publicly known. C.O.S.T was disbanded in 1999, but periodically reforms to perform the Three Snake Leaves. The two seminal pieces developed and performed by C.O.S.T were The Three Snake Leaves and I Become Part of It. | |
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| storytelling:- | storytelling group: The Company of Storytellers |
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| storytelling:- |
storyteller; musician: Ben Haggarty male / British / born 30.11.1958 |
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| storytelling:- |
storyteller; musician: Hugh Lupton male / British / English / Welsh |
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| storytelling:- |
storyteller; musician: Sally Pomme Clayton female / British |
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| storytelling:- |
storyteller; musician: TUUP; Godfrey Duncan male / British / Guyanese |
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| storytelling:- |
storyteller; musician: Daisy Keable; Georgiana Jerstad;
Georgiana Keable female / British / Norwegian |
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Scotland, West
traveller |
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| Flyer advertising three shows by the Company of Storytellers Magic, Tasks and Trickery | |
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| Flyer promoting the Company of Storytellers | |
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| administration:- |
administrator: The Company of Storytellers |
| storytelling:- |
Hammersmith, London, England: Common Stock Theatre
24 Jan 1986 public performance: That World in This Magic |
| gift from:- |
storyteller: Ben Haggarty |
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