Literary Café

Following on from 2019’s popular focus on Shakespeare, the Literary Café bows to requests for more of the same. So he’s back once again, in our ninth season, but in a fresh selection of masterpieces.

Mark Ball MA (Cantab), scholar and literary enthusiast, will guide us through an exhilarating exploration of this great dramatist’s work, as he enthuses, informs and challenges with his consideration of eleven plays in a monthly cycle culminating in a seasonal selection of the Sonnets.

All are welcome, from those who know loads to those who know nothing. But for all who are keen to know more.

Twelve passionate yet informed lectures – every third Tuesday of the month from 1.30pm to 3pm with tea / coffee and cake at Christ Church Community Rooms on Bessborough Road, Oxton. £5 per session. Come and join us, at one or all, as you feel drawn.

“Shakespeare is difficult but so is life”. (Finton O’Toole)

Meetings of the Literary Cafe are currently suspended. March 17th     KING RICHARD The SECOND Shakespeare’s Kings of England April 21st        KING HENRY THE FIFTH Shakespeare’s Kings of England – another May 19th           ROMEO AND JULIET Shakespeare on Love and Trouble June 16th       TROILUS AND CRESSIDA Shakespeare on (more) Love and Trouble July 21st           JULIUS CAESAR Shakespeare on Rome – and Politics Aug 18th         CORIOLANUS Shakespeare on Rome – and War Sept 15th        CYMBELINE Shakespeare on the Romance of Things Oct 20th          ALL’S WELL THAT ENDS WELL Shakespeare on the (Anti) Romance of things Nov 17th            MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING Shakespeare on the return of festivity and grace Dec 15th         SIX SONNETS FOR MIDWINTER Envoi: a glance at Shakespeare’s poetry