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Vasilissa the Fair
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Vasilissa the Beautiful
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| a Baba Yaga story; Mother's Daughter, Father's Daughter story | |
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| Sound recording, story, Vasilissa the Fair, a wonder tale from Russia, from the Baba Yaga story group, told by Pomme Clayton, as part of a performance by The Company of Storytellers, at Cheltenham Literature Festival in The Town Hall, Cheltenham, 12th October 1987. | |
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| Introduction by Ben Haggarty and Pomme Clayton, followed by music played by The Company of Storytellers, followed by story told by Pomme Clayton. A story about the beautiful Vasilissa whose two ugly step-sisters and step-mother plan to be rid of her. Vasilissa is sent to Baba Yaga's house to fetch a light. Vasilissa befriends Baba Yaga's daughter and with her help they trick Baba Yaga and escape. The light they take back home with them chases Vasilissa's step-mother and step-sisters from the house. | |
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| audience:- | adult |
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| condition:- | good |
| completeness:- | complete |
| duration:- | 0 hours, 18 minutes, 19 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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| storytelling:- | storytelling group: The Company of Storytellers |
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| storytelling:- |
storyteller; musician: Sally Pomme Clayton female / British |
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| storytelling:- |
storyteller; musician: Hugh Lupton male / British / English / Welsh |
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| storytelling:- |
storyteller; musician: Ben Haggarty male / British / born 30.11.1958 |
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| origin:- | Russia |
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| storytelling:- |
Cheltenham, England: The Town Hall
12 Oct 1987 festival: Cheltenham Literature Festival |
| gift from:- |
storytelling group: The Company of Storytellers |
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