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Patrick and Michael
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| Sound recording, story; Patrick and Michael, a folk tale and tale of fairies from Ireland told by Ben Haggarty, in a school session, in The First International Storytelling Festival at Battersea Arts Centre, London, 31st January 1985 | |
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| A story told by Ben Haggarty, about two hunchbacked men, one kind and one not. The kind hunchback helps the fairy folk to learn more of their song about the days of the week, and his hump is removed, and he is rewarded with gold. His unkind brother tries to do the same, but ends up with both humps instead. | |
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| audience:- | child; school group |
| recording quality | |
| condition:- | fair |
| completeness:- | complete |
| duration:- | 0 hours, 12 minutes, 32 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: Ben Haggarty male / British / born 30.11.1958 |
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| origin:- | Ireland |
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| images of Ben Haggarty performing for children during the festival | |
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| Festival poster | |
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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 |
| gift from:- |
storyteller: Marian Oughton |
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