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Stories and Legends of the Central
and North European Jews
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| Sound recording, talk; Stories and Legends of the Central and North European Jews, by Ben Zimet, at The First International Storytelling Festival at Battersea Arts Centre, London, 29th January 1985 | |
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| Introduction by Ben Haggarty, followed by talk by Ben Zimet. The talk is based on Jewish and Yiddish storytelling traditions. It includes commentary on religious traditions and storytelling, biblical narrative traditions, creation stories and references the golem, Jewish concepts of demons and Midrash traditions. The talk includes sections of stories. It is followed by questions from members of the audience. | |
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| audience:- | adult |
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| condition:- | good |
| completeness:- | incomplete |
| duration:- | 1 hour, 4 minutes, 45 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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storyteller: Ben Zimet male / Canadian / Belgium / Polish / Jewish |
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Master of Ceremonies; Festival Artistic Director: Ben
Haggarty male / British / born 30.11.1958 / occupation performance storyteller; promoter |
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| images of Ben Zimet delivering his talk at 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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| 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 |
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Lavender Hill, London, England: Battersea Arts Centre
29 Jan 1985 festival: The First International Storytelling Festival |
| gift from:- |
storyteller: Marian Oughton |
email to The LCIS