P R O G R A M M E

Thursday 30 September

4.30 – 6.00 p.m. A Creative Writing event for Berkhamsted School's Sixth Form, Old Hall, Berkhamsted School
led by Creina Mansfield and David Strickland.
This event includes the announcement of the titles for the GGBT Creative Writing Awards for 2011.

5.30 – 7.00 p.m. Social Gathering and Buffet Supper at The Gatsby, Berkhamsted.
Two courses and coffee with a vegetarian alternative. Please order on the Ticket Application Form and pay by Friday 25 September if you intend to be present. The restaurant is under The Rex cinema on the High Street.
Cost: £15.

7.45 – 9.30 p.m. Film Night at The Rex Cinema
Film: The Ministry of Fear
(B&W, 86 minutes, USA, 1944 , directed by Fritz Lang, starring Ray Milland and Marjorie Reynolds; Classification: PG).
Introduced by Mike Hill
Tickets: £8

Friday 1 October

Talks at the Town Hall, Berkhamsted

Morning Session

9.30 – 10.30 a.m. Jeremy Lewis
"The Hall Greenes"

10.30 a.m. Break for tea and coffee

11.00 – 12.00 noon Prof. François Gallix
"Greene's Unpublished Material"

Tickets for the morning: £10.00

12.00 noon Break for Lunch
Please make your own arrangements for lunch. There are a number of nearby restaurants, cafés, public houses and sandwich shops.

Afternoon Session

2.15 – 3.15 p.m. Dr Frances McCormack
"Nothing but a regret: compunction and shame in the Catholic novels of Graham Greene"

3.15 p.m. Break for tea and coffee

3.45 – 4.45 p.m.Mike Hill
"Greene and Hitchcock"; an Illustrated Talk

Tickets for the afternoon: £10.00

Evening Session: Civic Centre, Berkhamsted

7.45 – 10.00 p.m. Dr Joe Spence
"In and Beyond The Living Room: The Art and Scope of Graham Greene, Dramatist"
Extracts mainly from The Potting Shed and The Complaisant Lover in rehearsed readings by professional actors with an introductory talk and concluding remarks.
Subject to their availabilities, the company of actors for the rehearsed readings will include Lesley Sharp, Eve Matheson, Jenny Quayle, Michael Palmer and Philip Battley. Dr Spence began rehearsals with his actors in the third week of August 2010.

Tickets for the evening: £10.00

NB – "The Potting Shed" is being staged for the first time since 1971 in a new professional London production at The Finborough Theatre

Dr Joe Spence

Saturday 2 October

Talks and Events in Deans' Hall, Berkhamsted School

Exhibition: Greene in West Africa

Morning Session

9.30 – 10.30 a.m. Peter Hollindale
"Conrad and Greene in Two Continents"

10.30 a.m. Break for tea and coffee

11.00 – 12.00 noon New Research on Graham Greene
Tim Butcher
"Chasing The Devil – How Greene Lost His Heart To West Africa": an Illustrated Talk

Tickets for the morning: £12

12.00 noon. Break for Lunch
Please make your own arrangements for lunch. There are a number of nearby restaurants, cafés, public houses and sandwich shops.

Afternoon Session

2.15 – 3.15 p.m. Michael Brearley, OBE
"A (second) Psychoanalyst looks at Graham Greene"

3.15 p.m. Break for tea and coffee

3.45 – 4.45 p.m. Monica Ali
"My Writing and Graham Greene"

Tickets for the afternoon: £12

Early Evening Session

6.15 p.m. "To Graham Greene": The Birthday Toast
with a choice of red or white wine.

6.30 – 7.45 p.m. Prof. Thomas O'Connor
"Double Exposure: Capturing Greene on Film"; an Illustrated Talk

Tickets for the early evening: £10

Late Evening Session

8.00 p.m. Buffet Supper in Old Hall
with two courses, a selection of wines and coffee
Followed by
Humphrey Hawksley "Journey Without Maps"

Tickets: £28

Prof. Thomas O'Connor (James Madison University, USA) at GG's grave

Saturday 2 October Alternative Event

in Deans' Hall, Berkhamsted School

A practical one-day course which should suit aspiring adult writers of all ages

9.30 a.m.– 4.30 p.m. A Creative Writing Workshop in Prose and Screenplay Writing

when the leaders will be
teaching towards a variety of styles,
guiding writers for the printed page and for the screen, and
giving tips to writers of fiction and fact

when the writers will be
writing their own texts,
planning their own manuscripts,
receiving feedback on their own words written during the day, and
sharing the inspiration of Michael Brearley's talk on "A (second) Psychoanalyst looks at Graham Greene"

when concerning the GGBT Creative Writing Awards
the 2010 winners will be announced, and
the 2011 titles will be published.

The Workshop will be led by
William Ivory and Creina Mansfield
The event includes breaks for tea and coffee (at 10.30am and 3.15pm) and for lunch (12.00 noon to 2.00 p.m.) and attendance at Michael Brearley's talk.
One feature of William Ivory's screenplay writing course will be a practical exercise to write film scenes drawn from the first chapter of Greene's novel Brighton Rock, part one, section one: 'Hale knew, before he had been in Brighton three hours, that they meant to murder him....'. This exercise will provide a link to Rowan Joffé's illustrated talk at 11.30am on Sunday morning 3rd October, 'The Re-imagining of Brighton Rock', when he will talk about his new film (starring Sam Riley, Andrea Riseborough and Helen Mirren).

Tickets for the day: £30

N.B. (i) Advance booking is essential to guarantee a place on the Creative Writing Workshop.
N.B. (ii) Delegates at the Workshop should bring a good supply of writing paper and pens or pencils.
N.B. (iii) The running of the Workshop (and the attendance of the leaders listed) will depend upon there being a sufficient number of advance bookings received by the Festival Secretary by Friday 24th September 2010.
N.B. (iv) The details of the programme are subject to alteration. Changes may be seen here or on the following sites:

Dr William Ivory

Sunday 3 October

Morning Session Only

10.00 – 11.00 a.m. A Talk in Deans’ Hall, Berkhamsted School
David Pearce
"Will the real Graham Greene please stand up?"

11.00 a.m. Break for tea and coffee in Deans' Hall

11.00 a.m. – 12.30 p.m. An Illustrated Talk in Newcroft Lecture Theatre, Berkhamsted School
Prof. Neil Sinyard is unfortunately indisposed after an accident in July, and his talk is cancelled. In his place, Rowan Joffé will speak.
"The Re-imagining of Brighton Rock. A Talk illustrated by excerpts from the film and still photography"
Rowan Joffé will speak about how he adapted Greene's novel Brighton Rock to create a new film. While emphasising that he has not remade the 1947 film, he will address two main questions:
(i) Why re-imagine the novel when such a great film has already been made?
(ii) Why set the film in 1964?
Trustees and Friends will want to wish Prof. Sinyard a speedy recovery.

Tickets: £12

12.45 p.m. – 2.00 p.m. Farewell Lunch in Old Hall, Berkhamsted School
Two courses with a choice of red or white wine

Tickets: £22

Tim Butcher in West Africa

Amendments: The details of the programme are subject to alteration. Changes may be seen here on the Festival's website and on the following sites:

Copyright: The Trust is grateful for permission to reproduce copyright images. It has not always been possible to identify the sources of the images used, and in such cases the Trust would welcome information from the copyright owners.

Dermot Gilvary is the Festival Director. He has taught English language and literature at Oakham School (Rutland, UK) for many years, where he worked on the design of the Queen Elizabeth Theatre, and he has contributed to the development of the International Baccalaureate. He is involved in examining and teacher-training for the IB in Africa, Europe, the Middle East and North America. He was an editorial advisor on Dr Brigitte Timmermann's The Third Man's Vienna (2005), and he is co-editing a collection of Festival papers intended for publication in the USA in 2010. He captained his local clubs at rugby football and cricket, and he is the author of the farcical comedy Trouble at t' Test (2007).

dng@oakham.rutland.sch.uk