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Story, Story
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| Sound recording, story; Story, Story, a folk tale and trickster tale told by TUUP, at a performance by The Storytelling Unit and guests, entitled Fire and Gold, at the October Gallery, Old Gloucester Street, London, 5th July 1985. | |
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| A story about the devil and an old witch making bets on whether they can break up the happiness of a young couple. The witch tells a story to trick the young husband into thinking that his wife is having an affair. She buys some silk from him, telling him that it is for her son's mistress, marks them with a cigarette burn, and leaves them at his wife's house on her way home. Once the damage is done, she returns to the young husband and tells him that she accidentally left the parcel behind, so he realises that his suspicions are unfounded. | |
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| audience:- | adult |
| recording quality | |
| condition:- | fair |
| completeness:- | complete |
| duration:- | 0 hours, 13 minutes, 55 seconds |
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| Performing in Fire and Gold were Ben Haggarty and Sally Pomme Clayton, who comprised the Storytelling Unit at that time, alongside guests Hugh Lupton, TUUP, Daisy Keable and Roberto Lagnado. Other performers are unidentified. | |
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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, 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; musician: TUUP; Godfrey Duncan male / British / Guyanese |
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| October Gallery publicity | |
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| The Storytelling Unit publicity for Fire and Gold | |
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storyteller; promoter: Ben Haggarty storyteller: Daisy Keable; Georgiana Jerstad; Georgiana Keable storyteller; musician: TUUP; Godfrey Duncan |
| storytelling:- |
Old Gloucester Street, London, England: The October Gallery
05 Jul 1985 public performance: Fire and Gold |
| gift from:- |
storyteller: Ben Haggarty |
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