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Frankenstein's
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Frankenstein
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| Sound recording, story; Frankenstein's Dialogues, Ben Haggarty's version of the literary tale Frankenstein or The Modern Prometheus written by Mary Shelley, told by Ben Haggarty, accompanied by musician Sianed Jones, in a public performance at an unidentified venue, in 2003, as part of the Gods and Monsters Storytelling Tour organised by The Crick Crack Club and The Guardian Hay Festival. | |
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| Story told in two halves, by Ben Haggarty, with musical and vocal accompaniment by Sianed Jones. The story tells of a scientist's creation of a man-monster, who persues his terrified maker and, when rejected by both his maker and society, seeks revenge. It is a story about the arrogance of humankind, and humankind's search for its creator and for meaningful existence. | |
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| Frankenstein or The Modern Prometheus is an 1818 novel by Mary Shelley, first published anonymously in London, but more commonly known by the revised third edition of 1831, published under her own name. The novel contains elements of the Gothic novel and the Romantic movement. It was also a warning against the "over-reaching" of modern man and the Industrial Revolution, as alluded to by the novel's subtitle, The Modern Prometheus. The story has had an influence across literature and popular culture, and influenced a complete genre of horror stories and films. The work is sometimes referred to as the very first science fiction novel, and is often considered to be an example of a modern day myth. Frankenstein was first published on 1 January 1818, issued anonymously, with a preface written by Percy Bysshe Shelley and with a dedication to philosopher William Godwin, her father. On 31 October 1831, the first "popular" edition in one volume appeared, under Shelley's own name. | |
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| Frankenstein's Dialogues was originally commissioned by The Guardian Hay Festival, with funding from the Arts Council of England. | |
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| audience:- | adult |
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| condition:- | good |
| completeness:- | complete |
| duration:- | 1 hour, 48 minutes, 48 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:- |
storyteller: Ben Haggarty male / British / born 30.11.1958 |
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| storytelling:- |
musician; singer; composer: Sianed Jones female / Welsh / British |
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| origin:- |
author: Mary Shelley
storyteller: Ben Haggarty male / British / born 30.11.1958 composer: Sianed Jones female / Welsh / British |
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| Gods and Monsters Tour publicity | |
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| Images of Ben Haggarty and Sianed Jones Performing Frankenstein's Dialogues in 2003. | |
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| Click to enlarge images | |
| programming & administration:- |
programmer: Ben Haggarty programmer: The Crick Crack Club administrator: The Guardian Hay Festival |
| storytelling:- |
England
2003 public performance: Frankenstein's Dialogues tour: Gods and Monsters Storytelling Tour |
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musician; composer; singer: Sianed Jones |
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