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| a Jack Tale story | |
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| Sound recording, story; a wonder tale and Jack tale told by Duncan Williamson in The First International Storytelling Festival at Battersea Arts Centre, London, 1st February 1985 | |
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| Story told by Duncan Williamson. After his mother's death Jack is raised by a rich merchant. After fifteen years of work, Jack leaves to seek his fortune, taking with him a gift of gold from the merchant. Jack seeks shelter in the home of an old man, giving him the gold as payment. In return the old man gives Jack a magic gun and a magic violin. Jack uses the gun and violin to take money from a money lender. The money lender has Jack captured and sentenced to be hanged, but Jack uses the magic violin to escape, and is pardoned. | |
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| audience:- | adult |
| recording quality | |
| condition:- | fair |
| completeness:- | complete |
| duration:- | 0 hours, 27 minutes, 27 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; singer; ballad singer: Duncan Williamson male / Scottish / traveller |
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| images of Duncan Williamson performing during the festival | |
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| Festival poster | |
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| biography for Duncan Williamson 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 |
| storytelling:- |
Lavender Hill, London, England: Battersea Arts Centre
01 Feb 1985 festival: The First International Storytelling Festival |
| gift from:- |
storyteller: Marian Oughton |
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