Festival Brochure 2021 - Flipbook - Page 16
Friday 28th May, 11am: Gerard Manley Hopkins and his family in Haslemere
with Katherine Jessel
Gerard Manley Hopkins [1844-89] was an unknown poet and Jesuit
priest when he visited his family’s new home in Haslemere in August
1887. Two years later he was dead and his Memorial window was
placed in St Bartholomew’s Church – nearly thirty years before
publication of his collected poems. Katherine Jessel’s detailed research
puts Gerard’s visit into context and reveals the remarkable Hopkins
family’s sixty-six years in Haslemere.
Specialising in literature and Victorian history, Oxford graduate
Katherine’s publications (as Katherine Hudson) include The Story of
Geoffrey Chaucer (OUP 1973) and A Royal Conflict: Sir John Conroy and
the Young Victoria (Hodder & Stoughton 1994) Her short history, St
Bartholomew’s Parish Church, Haslemere was published in 2007. St Bartholomew’s
Church, £5
Friday 28th May, 7.30pm: Michael Law’s Piccadilly Dance Orchestra presents
‘Back to the Roaring Twenties’
Celebrate the new 'twenties' decade by stepping back into the 1920s – the
freewheeling Charleston era of Flappers, Cocktails and Bright Young Things. Relish our
selection of great songs, jazz and dance numbers, performed by the ten superb
musicians of The Piccadilly Dance
Orchestra, a fabulous female
vocalist and The PDO's founder
and band leader Michael Law.
Singin' in the Rain – Let’s Do It Charleston – Ain’t Misbehavin’ Happy Feet – When You’re Smiling
- Henderson Stomp - Glad Rag Doll
– If I Had a Talking Picture of You Tea for Two - I'm Gonna Meet My
Sweetie Now - Jubilee Stomp - I'm
Looking Over a Four-Leaf Clover –
You’re the Cream in My Coffee
"absolutely terrific, wonderfully
conceived and presented… the
PDO is a bright spot in
showbiz...keep it up." Julia
McKenzie. Haslemere Hall, Tickets
£17.50