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WOSAS/CD202/track2 R584.wav |
| a Blue Beard story | |
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| Sound recording, story; a wonder tale, a version of Blue Beard, of Afro-Caribbean origin told by Jan Blake as part of the programme The Dynamics of Love, in a mini-festival of stories, Feasting in the House of Story - A Celebration of Our Tenth Series of Performance Storytelling, in the Pit Theatre, programmed by the Crick Crack Club and Barbican Education, Barbican Centre, London, 31st May 2006. | |
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| A story told by Jan Blake, with drum accompaniment by TUUP. Crick Crack call and response followed by story. A story about a girl with a disabled brother. The girl comes of age and looks for a husband. A rich land owner comes to her village and seeks her hand in marriage. The girl's brother warns his sister that there is something wrong, but she ignores him and the marriage takes place. The girl is taken to the man's mansion, which she is guarded by a gaint cockeral. She is forbidden to enter some of the rooms in the house, but when left alone, she unlocks and looks into these rooms, and finds the bodies and ghosts of previous wives. Her husband returns as a bird like creature, and eats her. The girl's brother instinctively knows that something has happened to his sister. He goes to the mansion, kills the beast and rescues his sister. | |
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| Programme note - Five great storytellers delight in exploring the many sides of the inevitable, incomparable, inescapable, inexplicable theme...LOVE. | |
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| audience:- | adult |
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| condition:- | good |
| completeness:- | complete |
| duration:- | 0 hours, 28 minutes, 4 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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| Performing in the programme The Dynamics of Love were Ben Haggarty, Jan Blake, Pamela Marre, TUUP and Chirine El Ansary | |
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| storytelling:- |
storyteller: Jan Blake female / British Jamaican / African Caribbean / British / born 18.03.1964 |
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| storytelling:- |
musician: TUUP; Godfrey Duncan male / British / Guyanese |
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| origin:- |
Africa
Caribbean
Afro-Caribbean |
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| A book create as part of the celebratory event, which was presented to all audience members who attended. All storytellers who had appeared at the Barbican were invited to contribute a story to the book. | |
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| associated:- |
storyteller: Chirine El Ansary
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| associated:- |
storyteller; Master of Ceremonies: Ben Haggarty
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| associated:- |
storyteller: Pamela Marre
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| programming & administration:- |
programmer; Crick Crack Club Artistic Director: Ben Haggarty programmer: The Crick Crack Club administrator; programmer: The Barbican Centre; Barbican Education |
| storytelling:- |
London, England: The Barbican Centre: The Pit Theatre
31 May 2006 mini-festival; public performance: A Celebration of Our Tenth Series of Performance The Dynamics of Love |
| gift from:- |
The Barbican Centre |
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