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Lindworm, The
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Sound recording, story, The Lindworm, a wonder
tale and birth tale from Sweden, told by Hugh Lupton, in a
performance by The Company of Storytellers, at the Third
International Storytelling Festival, in The Purcell Room at the
The South Bank Centre, London, 22nd November 1989.
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Music by all three performers, followed by
story by Hugh Lupton. A King and Queen are childless. The Queen
asks the advice of a henwife, who tells her to bathe in spring
water; then peel and eat the two fruits she finds in the room,
and she will have 2 golden haired twins. She does so, but forgets
to peel 7 layers of skin from one of the fruits before eating it,
as instructed. When she gives birth she first gives birth to a
worm, which the midwife throws out of the window. Then she gives
birth to a golden haired baby boy. The midwife is sworn to
silence. The son comes of age and goes to seek a wife, but meets
a huge worm, the eldest son, who demands the first bride. The
King and Queen organise a wedding, but the worm devours his wife.
This occurs again, so the King and Queen decide to find him a
women who 'does not matter'. They find a shepherd's daughter, who
goes to the henwife for advice. The shepherd's daughter asks for
7 blouses in her trouso, and a bucket of lime, scrubbing brushes
and a bath of milk in the bridal suite. After the wedding the
shepherd's daughter takes off her 7 blouses one by one, and at
the same time asks the worm to remove his skins one by one. When
they are both naked, she scrubs the naked worm with lime until
she reveals a man and then bathes him in milk. The next morning
the King and Queen find their first son in the arms of the
shepherd's daughter and younger son is then free to find himself
a bride.
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audience:-
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adult
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recording quality
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condition:-
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fair
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completeness:-
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complete
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duration:-
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0 hours, 18 minutes, 39 seconds
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The Company of Storytellers at that time comprised Ben Haggarty,
Hugh Lupton and Sally Pomme Clayton.
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The Company of Storytellers (C.O.S.T) was formed in March/April
1985 with the expressed aim of performing storytelling for adult
audiences. C.O.S.T was actually formed during a tour in East
Anglia by Sally Pomme Clayton, Hugh Lupton and Ben Haggarty. The
official launch of COST was in 1986 at Common Stock Theatre,
London. At this point the members of C.O.S.T were Sally Pomme
Clayton, TUUP, Ben Haggarty, Daisy Keable, Hugh Lupton. However
TUUP and Daisy Keable did not remain in the group and it is as a
trio of storytellers, Ben Haggarty, Hugh Lupton and Sally Pomme
Clayton, that C.O.S.T is publicly known. C.O.S.T was disbanded in
1999, but periodically reforms to perform the Three Snake Leaves.
The two seminal pieces developed and performed by C.O.S.T were
The Three Snake Leaves and I Become Part of It.
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Having directed the First International Storytelling festival at
Battersea Arts Centre in 1985 and the Second International
Storytelling Festival at Watermans Arts Centre in 1987, Ben
Haggarty was approached by Ruth McKenzie and the poet Joe
Shapcott to Direct a third festival in the series. In 1989 The
Third International Storytelling Festival took place at The
Southbank Centre, London, and ran for 15 days from 11th to the
25th November. It also had an extensive national touring
component that took storytellers to 12 regional venues. The Arts
Council subsidised it with a £10,000 grant. The Festival
management was undertaken by an agency called the Arts Business.
The whole event was under the aegis of the Literature Department,
(Lead Officer, Maura Dooley). The festival programme included
performances for adult audiences, and school sessions. It was in
response to the programming needs for this festival that Ben
Haggarty founded and launched the Crick Crack Club, to provide a
place where UK based storytellers could develop their repertoire
and performance skills for adult audiences.
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storytelling:-
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storytelling group: The Company of Storytellers
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storytelling:-
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storyteller; musician: Hugh Lupton
male / British / English / Welsh
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storytelling:-
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storyteller; musician: Ben Haggarty
male / British / born 30.11.1958
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storytelling:-
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storyteller; musician: Sally Pomme Clayton
female / British
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origin:-
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Sweden
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biography for Ben Haggarty printed in festival programme
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biography for Sally Pomme Clayton printed in festival programme
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biography for Hugh Lupton printed in festival programme
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festival poster
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festival programme front cover
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festival programme page 1 showing staff list
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festival programme page 2 showing acknowledgments
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festival programme page 4 showing quite from Heinrich Zimmer
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festival programme page 5 showing introduction
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festival programme page 6 showing image
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festival programme pages 7 to 12 showing interview with Peter
Brook
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festival programme page 13 showing advertisment
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festival programme page 14 showing list of regional events
associated with the festival
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festival programmes pages 15 to 24 showing artist biographies
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festival programme page 25 showing advertisments
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festival programme page 26 showing a reading list
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festival programme page 27 showing an advertisment for 'Word of
Mouth' a Channel 4 Television programme about storytelling in the
UK
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festival programme page 28 showing advertisment and a quote from
C.S Lewis
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festival programme back cover showing an Irish saying or poem.
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Click to enlarge images
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programming & administration:-
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programmer; Festival Artistic Director: Ben Haggarty
administrator: The Arts Business
administrator: Alan Giddings
administrator: Richard Crosslands
production manager: Eddy Smith
production assistant: Hugh Lupton
production assistant: Sally Pomme Clayton
production assistant: Tom O'Reilly
production assistant: Daniel Morden
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storytelling:-
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London, England: The South Bank Centre: The Purcell Room
22 Nov 1989
festival: The Third International Storytelling Festival
festival: The 1989 International Storytelling Festival
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gift from:-
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storytelling group: The Company of Storytellers
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© The London Centre for International Storytelling:
2007