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Thursday 2 October
5.00 – 6.00 p.m. A Young Persons' Event
Heidi James and David Strickland
Young Writers, Publishers and Members of Tales of the Decongested
Talks and Readings.
Venue: The Old Hall, Berkhamsted Collegiate School
This event is for Young Persons, and admission is by invitation only.
5.30 – 7.00 p.m. Buffet Supper
The King’s Arms, High Street, Berkhamsted
Telephone 01442 866595 or Fax 01442 877782
E-mail: info@kingsarmshotel.com
Cost: £13.95 payable on arrival please
(Two courses and coffee, with a vegetarian alternative.)
This has proved a popular opportunity for everyone to meet socially at the outset of the festival.
Please contact The King's Arms by Monday 29 September if you intend to be present
7.30 – 9.30 p.m. Film Night: Brighton Rock
The Rex Cinema, High Street, Berkhamsted
(92 minutes, UK, 1948, starring Richard Attenborough and Carol Marsh)
Classification: PG
Introduced by Dr. Charles Drazin, Lecturer in Film Studies,
Queen Mary College, University of London
Author of 'The Finest Years: British Cinema of the 1940s',
'In Search of The Third Man', and 'Korda: Britain’s Only Movie Mogul'
Tickets: £8
Friday 3 October
Lectures and Talks at the Town Hall, Berkhamsted
A bookstall will be open in the Town Hall throughout the day
Morning Session
9.30 – 10.30 a.m. Peter Hollindale
Erstwhile Senior Lecturer in English and Education, University of York
Author of critical studies on Shakespeare, J.M. Barrie and other writers for children,
Original Innocence, Greene's Children: The Reading of the Nature of the Child
10.30 a.m. Coffee
Libby Purves
11.00 – 12.00 noon Libby Purves, OBE
Broadcaster and Journalist for The Times and BBC Radio 4
Author of 'Love Songs and Lies' and other titles
On 'Brighton Rock' and the Short Stories
Tickets for the morning: £7.50
12.00 noon Lunch
Please make your own arrangements. There are a number of nearby pubs, cafés, sandwich
shops and restaurants.
Afternoon Session
2.15 – 3.15 p.m. Revd. Dr. Ian Ker
Faculty of Theology, Oxford University
Author of 'The Catholic Revival in English Literature, 1845-1961', and many texts on Newman
"Greene and the Catholic Revival in English Literature"
3.15 p.m. Tea
3.45 – 4.45 p.m. Dr. Darren Middleton
Associate Professor of Literature and Theology
Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, Texas, USA
Author of studies including
'Theology After Reading: Christian Imagination and the Power of Fiction'
Graham Greene's Evolutionary Theology in
'Brighton Rock', 'A Burnt-Out Case' and 'The Honorary Consul'
Tickets for the afternoon: £7.50
Evening Session
7.30 – 10.30 p.m. Films: Double Bill at the Civic Centre, Berkhamsted
Introduced by Dr. Charles Drazin,
Lecturer in Film Studies, Queen Mary College, University of London
Author of 'The Finest Years: British Cinema of the 1940s',
'In Search of The Third Man' and 'Korda: Britain’s Only Movie Mogul'
"Shades of Greene: The Destructors"
(adapted by Sir John Mortimer from a short story by Graham Greene)
53 minutes, Thames Television, 1975
Interval
This Gun For Hire, (adapted from 'A Gun For Sale', a novel by Graham Greene)
81 minutes, USA, 1942, directed by Frank Tuttle,
starring Alan Ladd, Robert Preston and Veronica Lake
Classification: PG
Tickets for the evening: £7.50
Saturday 4 October
Lectures and Talks in Deans' Hall,
Berkhamsted Collegiate School
A bookstall will be open in Deans’ Hall throughout the day
Morning Session
Exhibition: Brighton Rock
9.30 – 10.30 a.m. Prof. François Gallix
Professor of Contemporary Literature in English at the University of the Sorbonne, Paris
Author of books and articles on twentieth century British authors, including Graham Greene.
Manager of conferences on 'The Power and the Glory' at the Sorbonne
"The Riddles of Graham Greene: 'Brighton Rock' as a literary Catholic detective story"
10.30 a.m. Coffee
11.00 – 12.00 noon Prof. Neil Sinyard
Reader in Film Studies, University of Hull
Author of critical texts on Greene, Zinnemann, Hitchcock, Spielberg and others
"Feuds, Frauds and the Great Sausage Scandal: Some reflections on the strange tortured friendship of
Graham Greene and Noel Coward".
An Illustrated Talk
Tickets for the morning: £9
12.00 noon Lunch
Please make your own arrangements. There are a number of nearby pubs, cafés, sandwich
shops and restaurants.
Afternoon Session
2.15 – 3.15 p.m. Gail Vida Hamburg
Journalist and Journalism Professor, Roosevelt University, Chicago, USA
Author of 'The Edge of the World'
Alden Pyle – "Signifier of American Exceptionalism from the Puritans to
George Bush – and how the 'Quiet American' found his way into my Novel"
"...he was in his element now, with the whole universe to improve...",'The Quiet American',
An Illustrated Talk
3.15 Tea
3.45 – 4.45 p.m. Chris Mullin, MP (Sunderland South)
Author of 'A Very British Coup', 'The Last Man Out of Saigon' and
'The Year of the Fire Monkey'
"My Brief Career as a Novelist – with thanks to Graham Greene"
Tickets for the afternoon: £9
Evening Session
The Prize Draw will take place before the Birthday Toast
6.15 p.m. The Birthday Toast: "To Graham Greene"
Wine for the Toast, and all teas and coffees on Saturday and Sunday, have been generously provided by The Tablet.
6.30 – 7.30 p.m. Dr. Brigitte Timmermann
Historian and Author of 'The Third Man's Vienna'
"I never knew the old Vienna before the war, with its Strauss music, its glamour and easy charm":
The Vienna Sigmund Freud left behind in 1938, and Graham Greene rediscovered in 1948
An Illustrated Talk
Tickets for the evening: £6
8.00 p.m. Buffet Supper in Old Hall
with wine and coffee (with a vegetarian alternative).
To be followed by an After-Dinner Speech by
Jon Snow
Broadcaster and Journalist, Presenter of Channel 4 News,
Author of 'Shooting History: A Personal Journey',
Royal Television Society's Journalist of the Year 2006 and
Winner of BAFTA's Dimbleby award.
Tickets: £20, payable in advance
Sunday 5 October
Sixth Form Centre, Berkhamsted Collegiate School
Morning Session Only
10.00 – 11.00 a.m. David Pearce
Trustee of the Graham Greene Birthplace Trust
Former Director of the Graham Greene Festival
'Stamboul Train' and the Timetable for 1932:
Branch lines, the wrong sort of snow, and "Going all the way"
11.00 a.m. Coffee
11.30 – 12.30 p.m. Prof. Cedric Watts
English Department, University of Sussex,
Author of critical studies on Shakespeare, Keats, Hardy, Conrad, Greene and others
Greene and the god Janus
Tickets for the morning: £7.50
12.45 p.m. Farewell Lunch
Cold buffet with wine and coffee (with a vegetarian alternative)
Venue: The Old Hall, Berkhamsted Collegiate School
Tickets £18, payable in advance
THE END OF THE 2008 FESTIVAL
Festival Director: Dermot Gilvary,
e-mail: dng@oakham.rutland.sch.uk
Dermot Gilvary has taught English language and literature at Oakham School, Rutland, for many years, and has contributed to the development of the International Baccalaureate. He is involved in examining and teacher-training for the IB in Europe and North America, and was an advisor on Dr. Brigitte Timmermann's 'The Third Man's Vienna' (2005). He worked on the design of Oakham's Queen Elizabeth Theatre, and is the author of the farcical comedy 'Trouble at t' Test' (2007). He is planning another play, this time on an aspect of Graham Greene.
