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Robert Harris is probably better known for his excellent novels about Marcus Tullius Cicero however we will be studying his novel Precipice which focuses upon Britain in the summer of 1914. The Prime Minister is Herbert Henry Asquith who is obsessed with a young woman, Venetia Stanley, who is more than half his age. She is undoubtedly a dangerous choice of lover as she is aristocratic, young, reckless and sees life as tedious and without excitement. She is the object of an obsession which includes incessant letter writing , some of which reveal sensitive information.
£60
5/11/2025
Ghosts, sprites, elves, fairies, nymphs, witches, wizards, and demons. All of these are mentioned in Shakespeare’s plays. This talk explores Shakespeare’s engagement with the theme of the supernatural. How might theatre audiences have responded to these representations on stage? And how did some of these spooky figures inform popular play genres? Darren Freebury-Jones delves into the literary, theological, and theatrical context lying behind some of Shakespeare’s most magical, and most terrifying, creations.
£30
30/10/25
Shakespeare’s plays have influenced generations of writers, but who were the early modern playwrights who influenced him? Broadening knowledge on early modern education and the theatre scene in London, Darren Freebury-Jones offers a fresh look at the influence of a community of playwrights that helped shape the Bard’s work, and exposes a need to see early modern drama as a communal enterprise, with playwrights borrowing from and adapting one another’s creations.
£30
04/12/25
