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Sound recording, story; a folk tale and joke told by Daisy Keable, as part of a performance entitled Trickery - Undoing the Doing, performed by The Company of Storytellers, at Common Stock Theatre, London, 27th January 1986.

A short narrative joke told by Daisy Keable followed by drumming by members of The Company of Storytellers. A man seeking eternal life is advised to give up all his pleasures in order to make him feel as if time is going on for ever.

audience:- adult (Audience members included storytellers Eric Maddern and Malcolm Green.)
    recording quality
condition:- fair
completeness:- complete
duration:- 0 hours, 1 minute, 32 seconds

The performance comprised one of three nights of stories entitled Magic, Tasks and Trickery. The Company of Storytellers at this time comprised Ben Haggarty, Sally Pomme Clayton, Hugh Lupton, Daisy Keable and Godfrey TUUP.

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.

storytelling:- storytelling group: The Company of Storytellers

storytelling:- storyteller; musician: Daisy Keable; Georgiana Jerstad; Georgiana Keable
female / British / Norwegian

storytelling:- storyteller; musician: Sally Pomme Clayton
female / British

storytelling:- storyteller; musician: Hugh Lupton
male / British / English / Welsh

storytelling:- storyteller; musician: Ben Haggarty
male / British / born 30.11.1958

storytelling:- storyteller; musician; singer: TUUP; Godfrey Duncan
male / British / Guyanese


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Flyer advertising three shows by the Company of Storytellers Magic, Tasks and Trickery

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Flyer promoting the Company of Storytellers

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administration:- administrator: The Company of Storytellers


storytelling:- Hammersmith, London, England: Common Stock Theatre
27 Jan 1986
public performance: Trickery - Undoing the Doing


gift from:- storyteller: Ben Haggarty


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