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| a Mulla Nasrudin story; Hodja Nasrudin story | |
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| Sound recording, story and song; folk tales, song, lying tales, true life tales, trickster tales, outwitting death tales, wonder tales and Hodja stories of European, Norwegian, Middle Eastern, Jewish and other cultural origin, told by Abbi Patrix and Ben Zimet, in a performance Stories of Wise Men and Fools, at The First International Storytelling Festival at Battersea Arts Centre, London, 31st January 1985 | |
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| A combined performance of tales of wise men and fools, and of truths and lies, comprising true life tales, lying tales, adapted Hodja stroies, folk tales and songs in English French and Yiddish, told and sung by Abbi Patrix and Ben Zimet. | |
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| audience:- | adult |
| language:- | English; French; Yiddish |
| recording quality | |
| condition:- | good |
| completeness:- | complete |
| duration:- | 1 hour, 55 minutes, 58 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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| storytelling:- |
storyteller: Ben Zimet male / Canadian / Belgium / Polish / Jewish |
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| origin:- |
Europe
Norway
Scandinavia
Middle East
Jewish |
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| images of Ben zimet delivering a talk during the festival | |
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| publicity for Ben Zimet at the festival | |
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| Festival poster | |
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| biography for Ben Zimet printed in the festival flyer | |
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| biography for Abbi Patrix printed in the 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
31 Jan 1985 festival: The First International Storytelling Festival Stories of Wise Men and Fools |
| gift from:- |
storyteller: Marian Oughton |
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