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| Sound recording, story; a version of Si Djeha and the Robbers, a Norwegian trickster tale, lying tale and folk tale told by Abbi Patrix, as part of The Grand Storytelling Festival Celebration, at The First International Storytelling Festival at Battersea Arts Centre, London, 2nd February 1985 | |
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| Story told by Abbi Patrix. A story of Peik, who tricks people with his stories and his mythical 'bag of trickness'. Peik then sets out to make money from his trickery. He tricks the King out of his horse; then his kingdom; then tricks him into killing his own wife and sister, and finally into killing himself, leaving Peik the throne. | |
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| R1121 is a recording of Abbi Patrix telling the same story in 1991, at The Crick Crack Club in London. The same story exists as Si Djeha and the Robbers from the Arab World, told by Hugh Lupton in R928 and R1250, and as an Irish traveller tale told by Mikeen McCarthy in R850 | |
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| audience:- | adult |
| language:- | English; French |
| recording quality | |
| condition:- | fair |
| completeness:- | complete |
| duration:- | 0 hours, 18 minutes, 8 seconds |
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| The First International Storytelling Festival took place at Battersea Arts Centre, (Venue Director Jude Kelly) London, in 1985, and was the first international festival of storytelling held in the UK. It ran for 7 days, from Monday Jan 28th to Sunday Feb 3rd. The festival was initiated and directed by Ben Haggarty who had been involved in running the West London Storytelling unit and Storytelling Unit Clubnights since 1982/1983. It was funded by a guarantee against loss from the GLC. The festival programmed included performances for adult audiences, talks and lectures, school sessions, a festival 'clubnight' and a teacher's conference on Storytelling in Education. | |
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| storytelling:- |
storyteller: Abbi Patrix male / French / Norwegian |
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| origin:- | Norway Scandinavia |
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| Festival poster | |
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| biography for Abbi Patrix printed in festival flyer | |
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| festival flyer front cover | |
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| festival flyer showing introduction | |
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| festival flyer showing festival timetable | |
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| festival flyer full page spread showing artists biographies | |
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| festival flyer back cover showing booking and access details for the festival advertisments and acknowledgments | |
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| additional festival flyer in orginal format ready for photcopying | |
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| Click to enlarge images | |
| programming:- |
Festival Artistic Director: Ben Haggarty |
| storytelling:- |
Lavender Hill, London, England: Battersea Arts Centre
02 Feb 1985 festival: The First International Storytelling Festival The Grand Storytelling Festival Celebration The Festival Clubnight |
| gift from:- |
storyteller: Ben Haggarty |
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