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Fairy Tales

Sound recording, talk; Fairy Tales, by Marit Jerstad, at The First International Storytelling Festival at Battersea Arts Centre, London, 30th January 1985

Introduction by Sally Pomme Clayton, followed by talk by Marit Jerstad about the relationship between Norwegian fairy tales, or wonder tales, and Norse myths.

The programme note reads 'Director of Norway's Arjuna Puppet Theatre, lecturer and teacher at Oslo Drama and Arts College, will give a lecture on the structure and metaphoric elements of fairy tales, showing the inter-connections of Art, Myth and Religion. She hopes to give the storyteller a tool with which to work on a story.'

audience:- adult
    recording quality
condition:- fair; poor
completeness:- complete
duration:- 1 hour, 18 minutes, 22 seconds

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.

talk:- speaker: Marit Jerstad
female / Norwegian / occupation puppeteer; lecturer

talk:- Master of Ceremonies: Sally Pomme Clayton
female / British / occupation performance storyteller


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Festival poster

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biography for Marit Jerstad 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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programming:- Festival Artistic Director: Ben Haggarty


talk:- Lavender Hill, London, England: Battersea Arts Centre
30 Jan 1985
festival: The First International Storytelling Festival


gift from:- storyteller: Marian Oughton


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