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Sound recording, story; a legend and folk tale
from Korea told by Ben Haggarty as part of a programme Lost in
the Forest of Bells, part of the Unicorn Theatre Storytelling
Season, programmed by the Crick Crack Club, at the Unicorn
Theatre, London, 8th February 2007.
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A story about sacrifice and the nature of man
and beasts told by Ben Haggarty. A woodcutter saves two young
birds from being eaten by a snake. Later in life the woodcutter
seeks shelter in the house of the snake, who appears as a
beautiful women, the Serpent Queen. She threatens to kill the man
unless the gods can show their mercy by making the bell in the
temple nearby, sound twice during the night. The two birds the
man had saved, sacrifice their lives to save the man, by flying
into the bell and making it sound.
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audience:-
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family; child; school group
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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, 6 minutes, 37 seconds
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The Crick Crack Club was founded by Ben Haggarty in 1987 and was
the first regular performance storytelling club to be established
in the UK. From the outset, the club operated with a programme of
storytellers put in place by an artistic director, Ben Haggarty.
It had no 'floor spots' whereby anyone had the opportunity to
tell stories. The club was created in response to a recognised
need for there to be sufficient UK storytellers to perform
competent, formal evening shows for adult audiences in the
proposed 1989, 15 day long, Third International Storytelling
Festival at London's South Bank Centre. In the autumn of 1987 the
first season of 26 weekly Crick Crack Club events was launched in
a pub theatre (The Chair) in Ladbrook Grove, with the expressed
aim of trying out new artists and providing an opportunity for
established artists to develop their skills and repertoire for
adults. Jenny Pearson of the Kew Storytellers helped Ben Haggarty
with the organisation of this first season.The Crick Crack Club
promoted weekly events in various venues in London between 1987
and 1995, and then monthly events at the Spitz from 1995 to 2001.
During this time it also organised numerous monthly events and
mini-festivals in regional arts venues throughout England. In
1991/92 wth £10,000 from the Arts Council Literature department
it tried to establish a touring circuit promoting 120 events in a
year. Daniel Morden gave invaluable administrative support during
this period. In 1993, in partnership with David Ambrose of St.
Donats Arts Centre in Wales, the Crick Crack Club Club created
the Beyond the Border International Festival of Storytelling and
Epic Singing. Ben Haggarty co-directed Beyond the Border from
1993 to 2005. Since 2001 the Crick Crack Club has worked on a
peripatetic basis, programming in various venues and in
partnership with various organisations, and in 2003 began a
long-term partnership with Barbican Education in London, to
promote 9 events a year in the Barbican Pit Theatre
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storytelling:-
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storyteller: Ben Haggarty
male / British / born 30.11.1958
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origin:-
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Korea
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Event ticket
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Event publicity
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Images of the Forest of Bells set in the Unicorn Theatre
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Images of the Ben Haggarty in rehearsal on the Forest of Bells
set in the Unicorn Theatre
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Click to enlarge images
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programming:-
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programmer: The Crick Crack Club
programmer: Ben Haggarty
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storytelling:-
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Tooley Street, London, England: The Unicorn Theatre
08 Feb 2007
public performance: Lost in the Forest of Bells
public performance: The Unicorn Theatre Storytelling Season
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performance recording from:-
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archivist: Kate Norgate
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© The London Centre for International Storytelling:
2007