MEMBERS OF THE ALLIANCE OF LITERARY SOCIETIES

The Walter de la Mare Society

The Warwick Deeping Appreciation Society

The Dickens Fellowship

The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
Nicholas Nickleby
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Hat photograph by Shaun Webb
FESTIVAL THEATRE
24 June - 2 September

The Life and
Adventures of
Nicholas 
Nickleby  
Parts I and II
By Charles Dickens
Adapted by David Edgar
The internationally renowned Chichester Festival Theatre is staging a 
landmark theatrical production: David Edgar's extraordinary two-part 
adaptation of Charles Dickens' Nicholas Nickleby. Performed by a 
company of 23 actors, playing a remarkable 80 characters, this 
exhilarating spectacle is staged over two performances and is an 
event of rare scope and scale. Dickens' genius for creating 
eccentric, exuberant and captivating characters is brought vividly to 
life in this action-packed epic as theatrical spectacle and genuine 
big-heartedness flawlessly combine. 
To book call the Box Office on 01243 781312
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The Birmingham Dickens Fellowship
The Birmingham Dickens Fellowship was founded in 1903 and we are Branch No. 19. We meet in the Birmingham and Midland Institute, in the heart of the city. The original Institute was demolished in 1970, and the Fellowship re-located to the present premises, an attractive Grade II listed building.
Charles Dickens came to Birmingham many times to give public readings at the Town Hall, and took a keen interest in the work of the Institute, and became its president in 1869.
The aim of the Fellowship is to stimulate, or re-kindle an appreciation of Dickens pure artistry with words, and for his eminently great genius of story telling
Although Birmingham is a large city, our Fellowship is quite small, however, we present a varied programme, not all connected to Dickens, but always followed by a lively discussion, which invariably touches on some aspect of Dickens' life or work.
We are a very friendly group, and would dearly like to increase our membership. We meet on the second Wednesday in the month from September to June, at 7.00p.m. All visitors can be assured they would receive a very warm welcome.
contact: Mrs D Ward, 41 Claverdon Drive, Great Barr, Birmingham B43 5HR
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The Dorothy Dunnett Readers' Association

Friends of the Dymock Poets

The George Eliot Fellowship

The Society was established in 1999 on the anniversary of his birth - 8th May. Its aim is to promote the appreciation and study of the life, times and works of an author probably best known as the writer of Moonfleet. The Society also aims to support buildings association with Meade Falkner, such as Burford Church, Durham Cathedral and three tiny churches in the West Country: Manningford Bruce in Wiltshire, Buckland Ripers and Fleet Old Church in Dorset.
The membership fee is £5 per annum. There are three Newsletters a year, on key JMF dates, 3 January (The Feast-Day of St Genevieve), 8 May and 22 July, and an annual Journal, published each July. Articles, short comments, anecdotes etc. are welcomed by the Editor.
COLLECTED POEMS OF JOHN MEADE FALKNER Published on 8th May, 2005 by The John Meade Falkner Society. Our first, exciting adventure - the publication of Falkner's Poems in the Spring. We have been most fortunate in getting A.N. Wilson, a member of the Society, to write the Introduction for us.
The John Meade Falkner Society's new site
An excellent page on J.M.Falkner
Imperious Tyranny and Infinite Gusto
A Second-Rate War
J. M. Falkner
Contact: Kenneth Hillier, Greenmantle, Main Street, Kings Newton, Melbourne  Derbyshire  DE73  8BX  
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The Society aims to organise at least two events each year, and to publish one or two Newsletters.

The Society has inaugurated a series of Ford Madox Ford Lectures and an annual essay prize.

If you are an admirer, an enthusiast, a reader, a scholar, a connoisseur, or a student of anything Fordian, then this Society wants to hear from you, and welcomes your participations in its activities.

There is an annual volume of International Ford Madox Ford Studies which is included in the cost of subscription.'
Society Flyer
The Ford Madox Ford Society's Home Page
For further information, either contact Paul Skinner (Treasurer) at 7 Maidstone Street, Victoria Park, Bristol BS3 4SW or email p.skinner370@btinternet.com or contact Sara Haslam (Chair): S.J.Haslam@open.ac.uk
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