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Blacksmith at the Bridge of Bones,
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| Sound recording, story; The Blacksmith at the Bridge of Bones, a wonder tale, transformation tale and Jack tale of European origin told by Ben Haggarty, as part of the second half of a performance at the Storytelling Cafe Storytelling Club, in Wednesbury, West Midlands, 18th May 2004. | |
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| Introduction, followed by story told by Ben Haggarty. Jack goes to be apprenticed with the blacksmith at the bridge of bones, depsite the death of the seven previous apprentices. Jack proves that he has strength, skill and courage. Jack discovers the blacksmith's secrets - that at night he becomes an otter; that he can bring the dead back to life; that he has a daughter who is a serpent, to whom the blacksmith offers Jack as a husband. Jack works with the blacksmith for seven years and becomes an expertly skilled blacksmith. Jack falls in love with and promises to marry one of the King's daughters, for whom he makes a magical dress. The blacksmith becomes envious of Jack's skill and tells Jack that he may either become his slave, or he is to marry his daughter. Jack refuses and is captured as a slave. Meanwhile the magical dress tells the King's daughter of Jack's plight. Eventually Jack manages to kill the blacksmith's daughter, he then escapes and tricks the blacksmith into remaining an otter forever. Jack goes to find the King's daughter and marries her. | |
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| audience:- | adult |
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| condition:- | good |
| completeness:- | complete |
| duration:- | 0 hours, 50 minutes, 11 seconds |
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| Storytelling clubs operate in a variety of formats. Some clubs provide a place where anyone can come and tell stories to a small intimate and specialist audience ('floor-spots'); while other clubs run a programme of performances by professional or semi-professional storytellers, and many clubs do a combination of both. In 2007 the UK had in the region of 55 storytelling clubs: the larger, more prominent clubs provide a low key, small-scale circuit for storytelling, for a specialist-interest audience. | |
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| storytelling:- |
storyteller: Ben Haggarty male / British / born 30.11.1958 |
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| origin:- | Europe |
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administrator; programmer: Storytelling Cafe administrator; programmer: Graham Langley |
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Wednesbury, Midlands, West, England: Wednesbury Library
18 May 2004 storytelling club: Storytelling Cafe |
| performance recording from:- |
archivist: Kate Norgate |
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