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Troll with No Heart,
The
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Sound recording, story; The Troll with No
Heart, a Norwegian wonder tale told by Hugh Lupton, as part of a
performance with the storytelling group which became The Company
of Storytellers, at an unidentified venue in East Dereham,
Norfolk, April 1985, as part of a tour of East Anglia.
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Music played by Graham Shimmell, followed by
story told by Hugh Lupton, which ends with an improvisation by
Ben Haggarty, Hugh Lupton, Sally Pomme Clayton and music by
Graham Shimmell about their experiences at the wedding at the end
of the story.
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In Norway there lived a famer with 12 sons.
The 11 eldest sons are sent to find their fortune. They meet a
king with 11 daughters and they each marry and continue on their
travels and their adventures. They come to a crystal mountain
where a troll lives. The troll turns the 11 couples into rock.
When the youngest son comes of age he seeks out his brothers. On
his route the boy feeds a hungry crow, saves a floundering
salmon, and feeds his horse to an old wolf. All of these animals
promise to assist him should he ever need help. The boy asks the
wolf to carry him to the troll's cave. There he finds a girl, who
tells him that if he finds the heart of the troll he will find
his brothers. The troll eventually tells the girl that his heart
lies in the middle of the ocean, on a island, down a well, in the
egg of a bird which lives there. The boy reaches the island, but
frightens away the bird. So he calls on the crow, who flies
through the sky and pierces the bird to release the egg. The egg
falls towards the ocean, so the boy calls on the salmon to catch
the egg. Once the boy has the heart of the troll, he squeezes it
and forces the troll to release the stone couples, releasing his
brothers. The boy then cracks the troll's heart, shattering the
troll and the crystal mountain.
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audience:-
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adult
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recording quality
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condition:-
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good
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completeness:-
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complete
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duration:-
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0 hours, 19 minutes, 29 seconds
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It was during this 1985 tour of East Anglia that The Company of
Storytellers was formally formed, with Ben Haggarty, Sally Pomme
Clayton and Hugh Lupton.
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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:-
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storytelling group: The Company of Storytellers
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storytelling:-
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storyteller: Hugh Lupton
male / British / English / Welsh
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storytelling:-
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storyteller: Sally Pomme Clayton
female / British
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storytelling:-
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storyteller: Ben Haggarty
male / British / born 30.11.1958
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storytelling:-
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musician: Graham Shimmell
male
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origin:-
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Norway
Scandinavia
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Tour publicity
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Click to enlarge images
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storytelling:-
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East Dereham, Norfolk, East Anglia, England
Apr 1985
public performance
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gift from:-
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storyteller: Sally Pomme Clayton
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© The London Centre for International Storytelling:
2007