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Devil's Violin, The
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| Sound recording, story; The Devil's Violin, a Romani wonder tale, creation myth, how and why story or aetiological tale told by Sally Pomme Clayton, 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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| Story told by Sally Pomme Clayton, followed by music played by Grahm Shimmell. A story of unrequited love, about a girl seeking the help of the devil, to attract the attention of a handsome man. She sacrifices her father, her mother, her grandmother and her brother to the devil, who fashions a violin from their bodies. The girl uses the violin to lure the handsome man to her; she succeeds, but the couple are then taken by the devil. | |
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| audience:- | adult |
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| condition:- | good |
| completeness:- | complete |
| duration:- | 0 hours, 11 minutes, 13 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:- | storytelling group: The Company of Storytellers |
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| storytelling:- |
storyteller: Sally Pomme Clayton female / British |
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musician: Graham Shimmell male |
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| origin:- |
Romani; Gypsy |
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| associated:- |
storyteller: Hugh Lupton
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| associated:- |
storyteller: Ben Haggarty
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| storytelling:- |
East Dereham, Norfolk, East Anglia, England
Apr 1985 public performance |
| gift from:- |
storyteller: Sally Pomme Clayton |
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