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Faithful John
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| Sound recording, story; Faithful John, a wonder tale collected by the Brothers Grimm 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 a prince who steals away a forbidden princess to be his bride. The prince's servant hears the birds predicting the death of the royal couple. He sacrifices himself to protect them and is turned into stone. In return the prince agrees to sacrifice his own children to bring the servant, Faithful John, back to life. | |
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| audience:- | child; school group |
| recording quality | |
| condition:- | fair |
| completeness:- | incomplete |
| duration:- | 0 hours, 12 minutes, 17 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:- |
folklorist: The Brothers Grimm
folklorist: Jakob Grimm folklorist: Wilhelm Grimm Europe |
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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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