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Jack and the Devil's
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| Sound recording, story; Jack and the Devil's Purse, a wonder tale, how and why or aetiological tale, tale of fairies and Jack tale from the Scottish traveller tradition, told by Ben Haggarty, a member of The Storytelling Unit, 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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| Introduction by Ben Haggarty including comment about Scottish Traveller storyteller Duncan Williamson, from whom he first heard this story, followed by story told by Ben Haggarty. A story about Jack who agrees to perform a task for the devil in a year and a day, in return for a shilling for a drink. The devil gives Jack a purse, which gives an endless supply of shillings. Jack tries to get rid of the purse. He seeks the advice of a henwife who gives him a Bible and tells him to ask the blacksmith to beat the imps out of the purse. The devil reappears and asks Jack to come to hell, to keep an eye on his imps. Jack does so, and to pass the time reads the imps the Bible. The imps are converted to Christianity and the devil sends Jack back to Earth with the imps. The imps go out into the world and Jack returns home to find that he has been away for 10 years. Jack never drinks again. | |
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| audience:- | adult |
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| condition:- | fair |
| completeness:- | complete |
| duration:- | 0 hours, 19 minutes, 19 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 Storytelling Unit was born out of the West London Storytelling Unit (W.L.S.T.U) in 1983, with members Marva Cumberbatch, Pomme Clayton, Daisy Keable. In or around 1985 Daisy Keable and Marva Cumberbatch left the Storytelling Unit, at which point Ben Haggarty, (who had been a member of the W.L.S.T.U) joined 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:- | storytelling group: The Storytelling Unit |
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| storytelling:- |
storyteller: Ben Haggarty male / British / born 30.11.1958 |
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Scotland, West
traveller |
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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 |
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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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