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Pirimus and Physbi
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Sound recording, story; Pirimus and Physbi, a
literary tale, a version of Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's
Dream, told using objects, by Jeorg Baesecke and Hedwig Rost,
accomapnied by Hedwig Rost on violin, as part of the programme
Around the World in Eighty Minutes, in a mini-festival of
stories, The North Wind Speaks, programmed by the Crick Crack
Club and Barbican Education, in the Pit Theatre, Barbican Centre,
London, 11th November 2005.
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Introduction by Hedwig Rost. Followed by story
told by both artists and illustrated and acted out using objects
on The Smallest Stage in the World, 'Die Kleinste Buhne der
Welt', a stage which is opened out from suitcase a on Jeorg
Baesecke's lap.
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A King in Athens wishes to marry the Queen of
the Amazons. A great wedding feast is arranged in the great park,
but during that summer in rains and rains. The wedding and feast
are postponed again and again. It rains so hard, because in the
land of the fairies there is war - the King of the Fairies and
the Queen of the Fairies had gone to war with one another
following the discovery that the King of the Fairies had had a
love affair with the Queen of the Amazons, and the Queen of the
Fairies with the King of Athenes. Meanwhile all the entertainers
of Athenes are called on to entertain the bride and bridegroom
while they wait. One day the entertainers stage the play of
Pirumous and Physbi, as follows. In Mesapotamia, there lived a
strong, brave man (Pirumus) and an enchanting girl (Physbi), they
fell in love. But sadly their parents were enemies and they built
a high wall between the two houses of Physbi and Pirimus. But the
lovers found a chink in the wall and spent hours and hours
whispering their words of love through the chink. They arranged
to meet at the town gate at night. Physbi arrived to meet her
love, but out of the bushes came a lion. Physbi fled. Then
Pirumous appeared, Physbi is nowhere to be seen, and finding a
fragment of her coat and noticing the lion tracks Pirimus is sure
she has been killed. Pirimus killed himself. Physbi returned, to
find her beloved dead, and in turn killed herself. The King and
Queen of the fairies watch the play; are moved to tears and
forget their argument. The sun comes out over Athenes and the
marriage and feast of the King and Queen of Athenes takes
place.
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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, 19 minutes, 9 seconds
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In 2003, Jillian Barker, Head of Education at the Barbican
Centre, London, approached Ben Haggarty, Artistic Director of the
Crick Crack Club, with a proposal to programme regular
performance storytelling at the Barbican Centre. Since 2003 the
Crick Crack Club has worked in partnership with Barbican
Education to programme 9 events a year in the Barbican Pit
Theatre, for adult audiences. These events are programmed during
the three school half terms each year, with usually three evening
events per half term. The performances of storytelling are
occasionally preceded by pre-show talks. The Pit Theatre is an
award winning black box theatre, which seats approximately 180
people (depending on the seating configuration).
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storytelling:-
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storyteller: Jeorg Baesecke
male / German / German, North West / born 07.02.1954
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storytelling:-
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storyteller; musician: Hedwig Rost
female / German / German, West / Bavarian / born 01.05.1959
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origin:-
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playwright: William Shakespeare
storyteller: Jeorg Baesecke
male / German / German, North West / born 07.02.1954
storyteller: Hedwig Rost
female / German / German, West / Bavarian / born 01.05.1959
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event flyer
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Click to enlarge images
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programming & administration:-
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programmer; Crick Crack Club Artistic Director: Ben Haggarty
programmer: The Crick Crack Club
administrator; programmer: The Barbican Centre; Barbican
Education
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storytelling:-
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London, England: The Barbican Centre: The Pit Theatre
11 Nov 2005
mini-festival; public performance: The North Wind Speaks
Around the World in Eighty Minutes
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gift from:-
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The Barbican Centre
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© The London Centre for International Storytelling:
2007