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SUMMARY:How Manchester Made Shakespeare Modern - Rosa Grindon\, the Suffragist Shakespearean Scholar
DESCRIPTION:Dr Ian Nickson (Shakespeare Institute\, University of Birmingham) and Dr. Monika Smialkowska (Northumbria University) will talk about the largely overlooked career of Rosa Grindon. They will chart her journey from modest beginnings in a Derbyshire village to becoming a leading figure in literary and theatrical circles in Manchester\, a ground-breaking Shakespearean scholar and\, as a Suffragist\, an outspoken champion of women’s rights. For example\, her response to women being forbidden membership of some of the city’s societies was to resurrect Lydia Becker’s Manchester Ladies’ Literary Society\, to which she invited the leading Shakespearean actors Henry Irving and Ellen Terry to speak. \n\n\nGrindon was a bold and innovative scholar who challenged the largely male-dominated interpretations of female figures in Shakespeare’s plays and pioneered theatrical outreach by delivering lectures in association with Richard Flanagan’s Shakespearean revivals at the Queen’s and New Theatres. Such was her standing that she was the first woman to be invited to speak at the Shakespeare Festival in Stratford-in-Avon. Later\, she led the preparations for Manchester’s Shakespeare Tercentenary Celebrations in 1916 and funded the Shakespeare Window in the Central Library via a bequest in her Will.\n\nDr Nickson will first provide a brief overview of the other six personalities who were involved in Manchester’s role in making Shakespeare modern – John Knowles\, George Dawson\, Charles Calvert\, Henry Irving\, Alfred Darbyshire\, Bishop James Fraser – followed by an account of Rosa’s career before 1900.  Dr Smialkowska will then describe Rosa’s post-1900 career.\n\nThe event will take place in the Central Library’s Performance Space on the ground floor. Doors will open at 17.30 to allow viewing of items from the archive. The presentation will start at 18.00 and finish at 19.00 with 15 minutes Q&A to follow.\n\nAdmission is free and tickets can be obtained using the link below
URL:https://gaskellsociety.co.uk/event/rosa-grindon/
LOCATION:Manchester Central Library\, St Peter's Square\, Manchester\, M2 5PD
CATEGORIES:talk,women
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SUMMARY:Online Event: Shirley - Charlotte Brontë and the Industrial Novel
DESCRIPTION:Charlotte Brontë is a giant of Victorian literature and the much-loved author of the classic Jane Eyre but what of her lesser-read second novel\, Shirley\, written in the grief and sadness of family loss? Brontë’s Shirley was set amongst the tumultuous times of the Napoleonic Wars and Luddite machine breakers. Her strong female characters and industrial strife show the author had plenty to say about contemporary class and sexual politics\, much like her friend Elizabeth Gaskell in her first novel\, Mary Barton. This special partnership event explores the historical reality behind Charlotte’s writing including her beloved Yorkshire moors\, famous sisters and the status of women in Victorian life. Join us as we delve into the original novel including the chance to see a first edition of both Shirley and Mary Barton live from the Portico. \nThis event will include three speakers and ​Q&A session. \nSpeakers include Andrew Stodolny (Learning Officer at Brontë Parsonage Museum)\, Dr Emma Liggins (Reader in English Literature and Co-Director of the Long Nineteenth-Century Network at Manchester Metropolitan University) and Dr Debbie Challis (Events Producer at The Portico). \nA partnership event with Elizabeth Gaskell’s House\, the Brontë Parsonage Museum\, The Portico and Manchester Metropolitan University\nPart of the Mary Barton season of events at Elizabeth Gaskell’s House
URL:https://gaskellsociety.co.uk/event/shirley/
LOCATION:online
CATEGORIES:Discussion,Online,women
ORGANIZER;CN="Elizabeth Gaskell's House":MAILTO:enquiries@elizabethgaskellhouse.co.uk
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SUMMARY:Online Talk: Ann Radcliffe and the Female Gothic
DESCRIPTION:Ann Radcliffe and the Female Gothic – ‘A genius of no common stamp’\nGet ready for a spooky night of literature as we celebrate the bicentenary of Ann Radcliffe\, the ‘mighty magician’ of horror and the gothic. Once the highest paid author of the 1790s\, Radcliffe’s most famous works include The Romance of the Forest and The Mysteries of Udolpho. Her writing was lauded by Walter Scott and influenced generations of women writers including Mary Wollstonecraft\, Jane Austen\, the Brontës\, Charlotte Perkin Gilmore and Daphne Du Maurier. But beyond the crumbling castles and scary supernatural scenes\, what does Radcliffe have to say about women\, marriage and maternity? Join Gaskell Society Chair\, Dr Diane Duffy\, for all the answers and more in this terrifying talk.
URL:https://gaskellsociety.co.uk/event/online-talk-ann-radcliffe-and-the-female-gothic/
LOCATION:online
CATEGORIES:talk,women
ORGANIZER;CN="Elizabeth Gaskell's House":MAILTO:enquiries@elizabethgaskellhouse.co.uk
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SUMMARY:Online Talk: Bad Women
DESCRIPTION:‘Revenge may be wicked\, but it’s perfectly natural.’ Becky Sharpe\, Vanity Fair\, 1847 \nThe stereotype of the Victorian woman is that of a domestic angel\, pure\, innocent and a helpmate to her husband. But the women in this talk challenge that with a vengeance! Enjoy a look at the dark side with the bad women of Vanity Fair\, Mary Barton\, Little Dorrit\, Daniel Deronda and many more. Join Sherry Ashworth for a look at how the worst women in literature shock society and defy convention to make their own way in the world. Not to be missed! \nThe discussion will be approx 45 mins long\, with time for a short question session afterwards.
URL:https://gaskellsociety.co.uk/event/bad-women/
LOCATION:online
CATEGORIES:Discussion,literature,talk,women
ORGANIZER;CN="Elizabeth Gaskell's House":MAILTO:enquiries@elizabethgaskellhouse.co.uk
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SUMMARY:Online Talk: Margaret Hale - North and South
DESCRIPTION:Our passion for North and South continues as we take a closer look at lead character Margaret Hale. Our heroine is famous for her growing love affair with mill-owner John Thornton (played so well by Daniela Denby-Ashe and Richard Armitage in the 2004 BBC TV adaptation) and their relationship is at the heart of both the novel and series. However Margaret is an independent woman and complex character\, whose assumptions about gritty industrial North are constantly challenged by the people she meets in Milton. Beyond the love story\, what is it that is so compelling about Margaret? Is she a snobby southerner? How does she change through the course of the story? And how might she inspire us today? Join journalist and fan-fiction writer Caroline Malcolm-Boulton for all the answers and more. \nSimilar to last year’s talk on John Thornton\, Caroline would like to invite fans of North and South to get in touch prior to the event to briefly discuss their thoughts on Margaret Hale so that she can better understand our collective relationship with the literary heroine as contemporary readers and viewers. Caroline can be contacted here.
URL:https://gaskellsociety.co.uk/event/margaret-hale/
LOCATION:online
CATEGORIES:Discussion,North and South,talk,women
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