Capping Kilbixy - Series of Lectures

This series of lectures has been arranged to celebrate the bi-centenary of the death of Edmond Malone, the Shakespearean scholar, who lies buried in the Malone mausoleum in Kilbixy churchyard. This series of lectures has been arranged to celebrate the he bi-centenary of the death of Edmond Malone, the Shakespearean scholar, who lies buried in the Malone mausoleum in Kilbixy churchyard. The proceeds will go towards re-roofing the church which was built by his elder brother, Richard, Lord Sunderlin, to a design by James Wyatt.

 

CAPPING KILBIXY

N.B: Dates for lectures are all to be confirmed.

All Lectures will all take place in Belvedere at 8.00 pm.  Tickets are €10 per lecture payable at door on the night.

The following have also kindly agreed to talk: dates to be arranged:

Thomas Pakenham on Trees in Churchyards

Thomas Pakenham was born in 1933 and educated at Ampleforth and Oxford.  He is author of The Scramble for Africa which won W.H Smith Award and the Alan Paton Award.  He has written several books which include The Year of Liberty, The Boer War and most recently Meetings with Remarkable Trees.

Roger Bowdler on Mausolea  

"Roger Bowdler was educated at Cambridge and has worked at English Heritage since 1989, where he is now head of designation; with responsibilities for all recommendations to the government concerning the protection of buildings and sites. His particlar interest lies in the field of funerary architecture and design. His PhD was on 17th century English church monuments of the macabre sort, and he has written various articles and presented on TV on this topic. Currently chairman of the Mausoela & Monuments Trust, a small charity edicated to the protection and celebration of mausolea, he is committed to sharing his enthusiasm for the art of death with others".

Michael McCaffery - Title to be announced

After Cambridge, Michael McCaffery worked at the Old Vic and on the directing staff of the National Theatre.   In 1981 he was invited by Peter Hall to work at Glyndebourne where he was associate director for several productions including Orfeo and Eurydice with Dame Janet Baker.   In 1983 he joined Peter Hall’s team in Bayreuth for Wagner’s Ring conducted by  George Solti, later assuming full responsibility in its acclaimed final season of 1985-6.   In 1986 he became  Artistic Diector  of the Dublin Grand Opera Society which became Opera Ireland.   In 1990 he returned to freelance directing and has since done so throughout the world.    Long associations with several companies include Israeli Opera, Tel Aviv, Garsington Opera, Opera Comique de Paris and Operahaus, Halle..   He has also directed many of Shakespeare’s plays and George Bernard Shaw, Miliere, Marivaux and Gilbert and Sullivan.

The lectures will take place at Belvedere House at 8pm.

Tickets of €10 and can be puchased at the door on the night.