The Ellen Terry Effect

One of Britain's greatest actresses is brought to life in a a day of talks, plus a rehearsed reading of a new play.

10.30 Frances Hughes
'Country Matters - Ellen Terry and Godwin'
Frances Hughes is a freelance lecturer in art and history at the National Portrait Gallery and the Garrick Club. She is Chair of the Irving Society and the Henry Irving Foundation.

11.15 Katharine Cockin 'Ellen Terry: Life and Letters'

Katharine Cockin is Reader in English at the University of Hull, and is editor of 'The Collected Letters of Ellen Terry' (8 vols), published from 2010 on.
12:00 Barbara Bryant
'Watts and Ellen Terry at Old and New Little Holland House'

Barbara Bryant is an art historian who specialises in the work of the painter G.F. Watts. She is the author of G.F. Watts: 'Portraits. Fame & Beauty in Victorian Society' and the recently-published 'G.F. Watts in Kensington: Little Holland House and Gallery.'

2.00 Brian Hinton 'Tennyson and the Freshwater Circle'
Brian Hinton is the leading authority on the literary history of the Isle of Wight, and Honorary Curator of the Julia Margaret Cameron Trust at Dimbola Lodge, Freshwater, Isle of Wight

Register to tell a friend about this lecture.

Comments

If you would like to comment about this lecture, please register here.

©2003-2006 Niminim Limited. Created by

Any ad revenue is entirely reinvested into the Lecture List's operating fund