13th March, 2019 The General (1926) Our classic film from the silent era is directed by Clyde Bruckman and Buster Keaton himself. Johnnie Gray (Keaton), a train engineer, visits his fiancée Annabella (Marion Mack)in Georgia when the Civil War breaks out. Gray hurries to join the Confederate Army, but is rejected, because his job is ... Read more
Angela Samata, In Conversation with Roger Phillips Thursday 14 March, 6:30 for 7:00pm, £25.00 per person Our special guest this evening will be Angela Samata. Angela will be in conversation with Roger Philips who will talk to her about her career in the Arts and TV but also into the sensitive area of the ... Read more
Title is "Female Drunkeness in Victorian Lancashire." Speaker Dr Craig Stafford of the University of Liverpool
Irish Film Night TBC We begin about 6.45pm with a one course supper and go into the ‘cinema’ by about quarter to eight. All our films have a suitable intermission and we empty out no later than ten o’clock. 1 Course Supper Menu TBC Tea, coffee & mints Sweeties During Film
Friday 22 March, 6:30 for 7:00pm, £40.00 per person The most prestigious event in the Athenaeum Calendar, the President, David Roscoe, invites you the attend the Annual Dinner. The dinner is over half capacity at present, please book your places early to avoid disappointment. This event is black tie. A reception drink is included in ... Read more
Wednesday 3rd April 2.00.pm-3.30 pm. ‘Translating Foreign Poetry’ with HH Richard Hamilton. Dick Hamilton was nine when he translated a LaFontaine fable from French verse into English verse. Since then he has dabbled in Spanish and Medieval French. He will discuss this while quoting from famous translators who handled Ancient Greek, Chinese, Arabic and even ... Read more
The ‘wandering musician’ is a traditional subject of art and literature. Christian Dietrich’s painting of 1745 characteristically shows a fiddler and a bagpipe player busking in front of an inn. This way not only is the connection between travelling and making a living readily established but also attributed to the musicians no less than their ... Read more
The Musical - Showboat (1926) Show Boat is a musical in two acts, with music by Jerome Kern and book and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, based on Edna Ferber's best-selling novel of the same name We begin about 6.45pm with a one course supper and go into the ‘cinema’ by about quarter to eight. ... Read more
10th April, 2019 The Death of Stalin (2017) A political satire, written and directed by Armando Iannucci, this modern film is based on a French graphic novel “La Mort de Staline”. The actors include Simon Russell Beale as Beria, Steve Buscemi as Kruschev, Michael Palin as Molotov and Jeffry Tambor as Malenkov. One of the ... Read more
Thursday 11 April: 5:30pm in the Library 6:30pm informal supper (reservation required ) Speaker -Nancy Rudd ; A Gladstone Journal