Week of Events
Literature Group
Literature Group
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 Wondering Fiddlers
The Wondering Fiddlers
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 Athenaeum Film Nights – The Musical – Showboat
The Athenaeum Film Nights – The Musical – Showboat
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