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31 Aug 2017, Imperial College Union
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Proms 2017 Proms Extra: Talk

Proms Extra: Talk
Proms Extra: Talk
17:45 Thu 31 Aug 2017 Imperial College Union
A literary introduction to Lord Byron's Manfred with novelist Benjamin Markovits and Dr Anna Camilleri.
A literary introduction to Lord Byron's Manfred with novelist Benjamin Markovits and Dr Anna Camilleri.

About This Event

Novelist Ben Markovits, the academic Anna Camilleri and Samuel West look at Lord Byron and his poem ‘Manfred’, the story of a Faustian nobleman living in the Bernese Alps who summons seven spirits to help him forget the death of his beloved Astarte.

Edited version broadcast on Â鶹ԼÅÄ Radio 3 during tonight's interval.

Booking is not required for this event. Entry is on a first-come-first-served basis (doors open from 30 minutes before the event begins; capacity is limited).

Image: Benjamin Markovits © Caroline Maclean