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Literature & Drama Tours
It may seem perverse to take that most solitary of intellectual pursuits, reading, and construct around it a tour for a group of twenty. And yet, what better way to gain a new perspective on a work of fiction than to see with one’s own eyes the places that inspired its creation? How better to become more closely acquainted with a text than to discuss it in the company of other aficionados, under the direction of an expert—or of the author themselves? All our small-group tours are led by expert lecturers, chosen for their companionability and communication skills as well as their scholarship.
Historians in Newcastle
- A weekend with five of today's most distinguished British historians: Antony Beevor, David Breeze, Gordon Corrigan, David Gilmour, Tristram Hunt and Jenny Uglow.
- The speakers' presence is continuous, providing ample opportunity to continue discussions and conversations during breaks and over dinner.
- The entire event is held at Jesmond Dene House, one of the finest hotels in the country. Either choose to stay here or attend talks and discussions only.
Charles Dickens
- A new tour for 2012.
- Accompanied by leading Dickens expert and noted public reader of Dickens’s work.
- Talks and readings by the lecturer throughout the tour.
Shakespeare & his World
- Details for 2012 available in the New Year. Contact us to register your interest.
- Six plays on successive days, five by Shakespeare and one by Marlowe.
- The first staging since the 18th century of Cardenio by Shakespeare and Fletcher.
Poets & the Somme
- First World War poetry in the context of the Battle of the Somme and the lives (and deaths) of the poets.
- A presentation of the poetry through a study of events, landscapes and the wartime lives of individual poets. An actor reads the poems.
Writers’ Florence
- Florence has a remarkable place in the history of English literature as so many important writers visited the city or lived here.
- See places they frequented and inhabited, which inspired them and which they described.
- Attention is also paid to American, French and German writers, and to great Italians.
Writers’ Venice
- A new tour for 2012.
- Great figures of English, American and Italian literature in Italy’s most inspirational of cities.
- Visit places they frequented and inhabited, which inspired them and which they described.
Very impressive. Obviously a great deal of thought and preparation had gone into it. It was most effective.
The lecturer knows his subject thoroughly and really brings it to life. Brilliant.Our lecturer was marvellous and had an encyclopaedic knowledge of the subject.
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