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Mr Fox
a Blue Beard story

Sound recording, story; Mr Fox, a folk tale from the Blue Beard story group, told by a pupil as part of The West London Storytelling Unit Storytelling in High Schools Project, at Elthorne High school, Hanwell, London which took place on the 4th, 11th 15th and 18th of November 1983

Introduction by Daisy Keable, followed by story told by pupil. Lady Mary falls in love with and becomes engaged to Mr Fox. Mr Fox refuses to take Lady Mary to his house, so one day she rides there herself. Lady Mary enters the house and finds a room full of butchered maidens. As she is there, Mr Fox returns with another body of a girl. He cuts off the dead girl's hand to get to the ring on her finger, and her hand lands in Lady Mary's lap where she is hiding. When next Mr Fox and Lady Mary meet, she challenges him, producing the hand, and Mr Fox is killed.

audience:- child; Elthorne High School Pupils; school group
    recording quality
condition:- fair
completeness:- complete
duration:- 0 hours, 4 minutes, 17 seconds

The West London Storytelling Unit at this time comprised Ben Haggarty, TUUP and Daisy Keable.

The West London Storytelling Unit (W.L.S.T.U), was founded in 1981, by members Ben Haggarty, Godfrey Duncan and Daisy Keable and based in an Afro-Caribbean Youth Centre, the Priory in Acton. The members worked together and as solo artists, telling stories mainly in school and community contexts in London. Over time performances for adults also began to be developed. In 1983 W.L.S.T.U became The Storytelling Unit with Marva Cumberbatch, Pomme Clayton, Daisy Keable. In or around 1985 Daisy Keable and Marva Cumberbatch left the Storytelling Unit, at which point Ben Haggarty rejoined and worked with Sally Pomme Clayton for a brief period before the group was disbanded. The increased interest and demand for storytelling performance for adults led to the formation of The Company of Storytellers in 1985.

storytelling:- storyteller
male / child

storytelling:- storyteller: Daisy Keable; Georgiana Jerstad; Georgiana Keable
female / British / Norwegian

origin:- Europe


administration:- administrator; promoter: The West London Storytelling Unit
storyteller: Ben Haggarty
storyteller: Daisy Keable; Georgiana Jerstad; Georgiana Keable
storyteller; musician: TUUP; Godfrey Duncan


storytelling:- Hanwell, London, England: Elthorne High School
04 Nov 1983
11 Nov 1983
15 Nov 1983
18 Nov 1983
educational event; school event: The West London Storytelling Unit Storytelling in High Schools Project


gift from:- storyteller: Ben Haggarty


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