Hugh Lupton, The Crick Crack Club

"Whether we know it or not, or wish it or not, we all... live in myth, as the egg yolk lives in its albumen..." - P. L. Travers, creator of Mary Poppins.

Hugh Lupton is fascinated by the way that the deep patterns of traditional narrative and the events of individual lives echo one another, especially in moments of crisis. In this talk he will be exploring the question: 'Do we live the myths, or do the myths live us?' He will refer to his own performances of the stories of John Clare, Thomas Gee, Jenny Wing, Arthur Ransome, Duncan Williamson and Richard Howard... and to a wide spectrum of ballads, myths, legends and wonder-tales from many cultures.

'A history only gives a story of the shadows, whereas a myth gives a story of the substances that cast the shadows' - Annie Besant

TIMETABLE
7:00pm Talk begins
8:15pm Audience Wine & Conversation (timing may vary)
9:15pm Event finishes (timing may vary)