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Ol' Hag
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Old Hag
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| a Sukuyan story | |
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| Sound recording, story; Ol' Hag, a transformation tale and vampire tale from the West Indies, from the Sukuyan story group told by TUUP, performing alongside the group Common Lore as part of an evening of storytelling, in The First International Storytelling Festival at Battersea Arts Centre, London, 30th January 1985 | |
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| Introduction and story told by TUUP. A story about a mistreated medicine women who seeks revenge by transforming herself and sucking the blood of children in the village. She escapes the villagers and turns herself into a ball of fire shooting through the sky as a comet. | |
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| audience:- | adult |
| recording quality | |
| condition:- | fair |
| completeness:- | complete |
| duration:- | 0 hours, 17 minutes, 13 seconds |
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| Members of the group Common Lore at that time included Kevin Graal, Rick Wilson, Helen East and Amoafi Kwapong. | |
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| Common Lore was formed in 1981. Founding members included Kevin Graal, Helen East and Rick Wilson. In 1986 Jan Blake joined, and by 1987 the group comprised 12-20, or more, storytellers, musicians and performers. Additional members of Common Lore at some point included Amoafi Kwapong, Viv Corringham and Kate Corkerry. | |
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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; musician; singer: TUUP; Godfrey Duncan male / British / Guyanese |
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| origin:- | West Indies |
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| images of Common Lore mid 1980s | |
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| Festival poster | |
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| biography for Common Lore 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 | |
| associated:- |
storytelling group: Common Lore
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storyteller: Amoafi Kwapong; Abenaa Kwapong
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storyteller; musician: Kevin Graal
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storyteller: Helen East
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storyteller; musician: Rick Wilson
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| programming:- |
Festival Artistic Director: Ben Haggarty |
| storytelling:- |
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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