Literature Talk with Dr Jane Mackay: A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens

Friday 29 Nov 2013 12pm @ Lincoln Drill Hall

 

Literature Talk with Dr Jane Mackay: A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens

Dr Jane Mackay: “With the festive season fast approaching we offer a new look at Dickens’ most famous Christmas book. This still topical tale changed society’s view of the poor and began a tradition of Christmas customs that would otherwise have been lost.”

Tickets: £6.50 from 01522 873894

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Lincoln Drill Hall Free School Lane Lincoln LN2 1EY.

Literature Talk and Film with Dr Jane Mackay: George Bernard Shaw's Pygmalion

Literature at Lunchtime; Literature Talk and Film with Dr Jane Mackay: George Bernard Shaw's Pygmalion - 26 August 12noon at Lincoln Drill Hall, Free School Lane Lincoln, LN2 1EY.

Shaw’s play emerged in 1912 and was packaged as a romantic comedy. It is much more a sharp lampoon on the rigid class structure of English society. Come and meet the first Eliza Doolittle and her mentor Professor Higgins, long before ‘My Fair Lady’ was ever thought of. Tickets: Talk Only £6, Film Only £5, Talk & Film £9

If you would like to purchase the talk and the film together for the special price of £9 please call the box office on 01522 873894
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Literature Talk and Film: Lord of the Flies

Literature Talk and Film: Lord of the Flies Lincoln Drill Hall Friday 22 July 12 Noon.

Come and hear Dr Jane Mackay’s fascinating explanations of great works of literature, then stay to see a classic big screen adaptation. 12noon Lord of the Flies This was Nobel prizewinning author William Golding’s first published novel, which brought him international fame in 1954. Come and explore the terrible darkness that is latent in us all, even as children, and how it can be released in a world without laws. 2pm Film Screening: Lord of the Flies (1963, PG, 83mins) Directed by Peter Brook and starring James Aubrey and Tom Chapin.

Tickets: Talk only £6, Film only £5, Talk & Film £9 01522 873894

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