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a Norse Mythology story
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Sound recording, story; a section of myth from
Norse mythology told at the eighth West London Storytelling Unit
Clubnight, at Common Stock Theatre, Hammersmith, London, 18th
December 1983
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A story told by an unidentified storyteller.
An icegod had stolen Eden and her Apples of Youth, so the gods
were growing old. To regain the Apples of Youth, the gods agree
to let the daughter of the icegod marry one of them, but on the
condition that she selects her husband by his feet alone. The
gods are then set the task of making the daughter of the ice god
laugh, which Loki succeeds in doing. The icegod is killed and the
apples returned. Odin takes the eyes of the icegod and throws
them into the sky, where they form two stars.
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audience:-
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adult; contributing storytellers
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recording quality
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condition:-
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poor
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completeness:-
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complete
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duration:-
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0 hours, 3 minutes, 18 seconds
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The West London Storytelling Unit Clubnights or The Storytelling
Unit Clubnights were begun by Ben Haggarty, TUUP and Daisy Keable
in 1982 shortly after beginning to work together as the West
London Storytelling Unit (W.L.S.T.U). They took place on roughly
a fortnightly basis during the atumn and winter months, in
community centres in Acton, Shepherds Bush and Hammersmith. The
clubnights were an opportunity for anyone to come and tell a
story, or perform music on the condition that it had a toe-hold
in tradition. The performance of original poetry and the reading
of original writing was actively discouraged as there were plenty
of other fora for 'new writing' elsewhere in London. In 2007 Ben
Haggarty explained that the clubnight format was in part inspired
by the College of Storytellers, but with the aim of doing
something less bourgeois, for a younger audience and which was
not dominated by Idries Shah's mission to promote his vision of
Sufi storytelling. The clubnights also took inspiration from the
anarchy of the London Musicians Collective clubnight events in
Camden. The clubnights led Ben Haggarty to inaugurate the First
UK International Storytelling Festival at Battersea Arts Centre
in London in January 1985. After the 1985 festival a few further
clubnights were run, before ending in 1986. The clubnights were
superseded by the formation of the Company of Storytellers who
pioneered the touring of adult evening shows throughout the UK,
and by the formation of the Crick Crack Club in 1987, which
focused on the programming and development of professional
storytellers, their performance skills and their repertoire for
adult audiences.
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storytelling:-
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storyteller
male
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origin:-
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Norway
Scandinavia
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Images of clubnight events at Common Stock Theatre
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White master-copy of flyer for clubnight 6, clubnight 7 and
clubnight 8.
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Green version of flyer for clubnight 6, clubnight 7 and clubnight
8.
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Click to enlarge images
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administration:-
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storyteller; promoter: Ben Haggarty
storyteller: Daisy Keable; Georgiana Jerstad; Georgiana Keable
storyteller; musician: TUUP; Godfrey Duncan
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storytelling:-
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Hammersmith, London, England: Common Stock Theatre
18 Dec 1983
storytelling club: West London Storytelling Unit Clubnight
storytelling club: Clubnight 8
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gift from:-
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storyteller: Ben Haggarty
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© The London Centre for International Storytelling:
2007