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Title
Date(s)
- [1985]-[1988]. (Creation)
Level of description
Sub-sub-fonds
Extent and medium
4 folders, 2 envelopes and 1 volume.
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
In 1985 Brith Gof was commissioned to perform at a Bible Festival. The festival, held in the village of Llanrhaeadr-ym-Mochnant, launched a four year programme of events, celebrations and publications to mark the four-hundred anniversary of the publication of William Morgan’s Welsh translation of the Bible in 1588. A street procession was held in the village in collaboration with villagers, Theatre of the Eigth Day Poland and Theatr Dauerton Germany. Also Clifford McLucas was invited by the company to work with them and produced of a series of large street banners relating to the books of the Old Testament the Acts of the Apostles, which were hung on buildings in the village on the day of the festival.
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Scope and content
Correspondence, papers and photographs relating to the Bible banners and the touring exhibition and to the Bible Festival in Llanrhaeadr-ym-Mochnant, including papers relating to the design of the banners and the devising, planning and production of the street performance; together with copies of festival and exhibition publications, articles regarding the banners and Lis Hughes Jones' workbook.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Arranged according to production at NLW.
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Language and script notes
English unless noted otherwise.
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Note
Preferred citation: PB.