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Interview with Peter Brook, An

Sound recording, interview; An Interview with Peter Brook, an interview of Peter Brook on the subject of storytelling by Ben Haggarty, undertaken in Paris, France, in October 1989 for an article featuring in the Souvenir Programme of the The Third International Storytelling Festival at The South Bank Centre, London, from the 11th to the 25th November 1989

An interview by storyteller Ben Haggarty of Theatre Director Peter Brook. In the interview Peter Brook is asked about how he and the Centre for International Theatre Research in Paris have used traditional narrative material; what the attraction of this material is; what advice he would give to a parent wishing to tell a child stoires, and to a storyteller working with a public audience; what he feels the challenges of storytelling as a performing art are. Extracts of the interview were published in an article in the Souvenir Programme of the Third International Storytelling Festival.

audience:- adult
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condition:- good
completeness:- complete
duration:- 0 hours, 37 minutes, 7 seconds

Having directed the First International Storytelling festival at Battersea Arts Centre in 1985 and the Second International Storytelling Festival at Watermans Arts Centre in 1987, Ben Haggarty was approached by Ruth McKenzie and the poet Joe Shapcott to Direct a third festival in the series. In 1989 The Third International Storytelling Festival took place at The Southbank Centre, London, and ran for 15 days from 11th to the 25th November. It also had an extensive national touring component that took storytellers to 12 regional venues. The Arts Council subsidised it with a £10,000 grant. The Festival management was undertaken by an agency called the Arts Business. The whole event was under the aegis of the Literature Department, (Lead Officer, Maura Dooley). The festival programme included performances for adult audiences, and school sessions. It was in response to the programming needs for this festival that Ben Haggarty founded and launched the Crick Crack Club, to provide a place where UK based storytellers could develop their repertoire and performance skills for adult audiences.

interview:- interviewee: Peter Brook
male / British / occupation theatre director

interview:- interviewer: Ben Haggarty
male / British / born 30.11.1958 / occupation performance storyteller; promoter


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The Third International Storytelling Festival poster

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The Third International Storytelling Festival programme front cover

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The Third International Storytelling Festival programme page 1 showing staff list

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The Third International Storytelling Festival programme page 2 showing acknowledgments

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The Third International Storytelling Festival programme page 4 showing quote from Heinrich Zimmer

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The Third International Storytelling Festival programme page 5 showing introduction

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The Third International Storytelling Festival programme page 6 showing image

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The Third International Storytelling Festival programme pages 7 to 12 showing interview with Peter Brook

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The Third International Storytelling Festival programme page 13 showing advertisment

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The Third International Storytelling Festival programme page 14 showing list of regional events associated with the festival

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The Third International Storytelling Festival programmes pages 15 to 24 showing artist biographies

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The Third International Storytelling Festival programme page 25 showing advertisments

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The Third International Storytelling Festival programme page 26 showing a reading list

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The Third International Storytelling Festival programme page 27 showing an advertisment for 'Word of Mouth' a Channel 4 Television programme about storytelling in the UK

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The Third International Storytelling Festival programme page 28 showing advertisment and a quote from C.S Lewis

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The Third International Storytelling Festival programme back cover showing an Irish saying or poem.

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use & publication:-
11 Nov 1989
festival: The Third International Storytelling Festival
festival: The 1989 International Storytelling Festival


interview:- Paris, France
Oct 1989


gift from:- storyteller: Ben Haggarty


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