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WOSAS/CD396/track2 R1311.wav |
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Tamlin
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| Sound recording, story and song; Tamlin, a ballad and tale of fairies sung by Frankie Armstrong, in The First International Storytelling Festival at Battersea Arts Centre, London, 1st February 1985 | |
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| Conversation between Duncan Williamson and Frankie Armstrong, followed by ballad sung by Frankie Armstrong. The ballad tells the story of a women who is raped in the woods by a fairy. This performance follows Duncan Williamson's singing of a different verison of the same ballad in R1310. | |
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| audience:- | adult |
| recording quality | |
| condition:- | fair |
| completeness:- | complete |
| duration:- | 0 hours, 9 minutes, 18 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; singing:- |
storyteller; ballad singer; singer: Duncan Williamson male / Scottish / traveller |
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| storytelling; singing:- |
singer: Frankie Armstrong female / British |
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| origin:- | Britain |
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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; singing:- |
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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