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| a Jack Tale story | |
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| Sound recording, story; a trickster tale, folk tale and Jack tale 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 | |
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| Introduction by Daisy Keable, followed by story told by pupil. A story about the foolish Jack. Jack marries a beautiful women, but spends so much time running from the field back to the house to take a look at her, that she has her portrait painted so that he can take it into the field with him. The portrait blows away and is found by the King who decides that he must marry Jack's wife and steals her away to his castle. Jack goes to sell pine trees at the castle and dances for his wife. This gives her so much pleasure that the King swaps his clothes for Jack's and dances in Jack's place to make Jack's wife happy. The King then dances out of the gate, and Jack and his wife lift the draw-bridge and live in the castle themselves. | |
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| audience:- | child; Elthorne High School Pupils; school group |
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| condition:- | poor |
| completeness:- | complete |
| duration:- | 0 hours, 4 minutes, 5 seconds |
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| The West London Storytelling Unit at this time comprised Ben Haggarty, TUUP and Daisy Keable. | |
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| 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 and 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. | |
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| storytelling:- |
storyteller female / child |
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| storytelling:- |
storyteller: Daisy Keable; Georgiana Jerstad; Georgiana
Keable female / British / Norwegian |
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| origin:- | Britain, Europe |
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administrator; promoter: The West London Storytelling Unit storyteller: Ben Haggarty storyteller: Daisy Keable; Georgiana Jerstad; Georgiana Keable storyteller; musician: TUUP; Godfrey Duncan |
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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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