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Abu's Fart
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| an Arabian Nights; 1001 Nights; Sheherazade's Tales story | |
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| Sound recording, story; Abu's Fart, a folk tale from the epic cycle 1001 Nights, or The Arabian Nights, or Sheherazade's Tales, told by Sally Pomme Clayton, as part of a performance by The Company of Storytellers at The Madder Market Theatre, Norwich, April 1985. | |
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| Music played and sung by members of The Company of Storytellers Hugh Lupton, Sally Pomme Clayton and Ben Haggarty. Introduction by Sally Pomme Clayton, including comment on errors in her last story R551, followed by story told by Sally Pomme Clayton. Two Kings are wronged by their wives, they kill them and vow that from that day on, they will each take a virgin to their bed every night and kill them in the morning. Sheherazade escapes death for 1001 nights by telling the King stories each night. One of the stories told by Sheherazade is about a merchant, Abu Hassan, who farts as he goes to kiss his wife on his wedding day. Ashamed he runs away to India for 10 years, and on his return discovers that the incident has become part of the town's history. | |
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| audience:- | adult |
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| condition:- | good |
| completeness:- | incomplete |
| duration:- | 0 hours, 15 minutes, 19 seconds |
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| The Company of Storytellers at this time comprised Ben Haggarty, Hugh Lupton and Sally Pomme Clayton, accompanied by musician named Graham Shimmell. This was the first public performance of The Company of Storytellers; it was on this tour in Norwich that the name for the group was decided upon. The tape on which the performance was recorded is marked 'a very good show', by one of the storytellers. | |
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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; musician; singer: Sally Pomme Clayton female / British |
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| storytelling:- |
storyteller; musician; singer: Hugh Lupton male / British / English / Welsh |
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| storytelling:- |
storyteller; musician; singer: Ben Haggarty male / British / born 30.11.1958 |
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| origin:- |
Middle East
Arab world |
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musician: Graham Shimmell
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| administration:- |
administrator: The Company of Storytellers |
| storytelling:- |
Norwich, Norfolk, England: The Madder Market Theatre
Apr 1985 public performance |
| gift from:- |
storyteller: Hugh Lupton |
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