Sunday 4 October Tickets Tickets are available to purchase online at VIth Form Centre and Old Hall, Berkhamsted www.grahamgreenebt.org School (Castle Street) A Season Ticket to all events, including the film and drama nd Morning session (£17) but excluding meals, is available for £112. 22 Graham Greene VIth Form Centre There is free admission to Festival events (excluding meals) International Festival 2020 for under 21s. 9.00 A Tour of the School Archives: including a look at When the Festival was first held - back in the Exhibition Room, the green baize door, Old Hall If you have any queries or problems with tickets, please contact: 1998 - Tony Blair was in his second year as and the School Chapel. (Meet outside Old Hall.) Prime Minister, Boris Johnson was a 10.00 Greene’s short stories 1: Film: A Shocking Accident [email protected] journalist, and Norman Sherry was still six (1982, 25 minutes). Friends years away from publishing the third and final volume of his Greene biography. We 10.30 Break for tea and coffee Become a Friend of the Graham Greene Birthplace Trust at have come a long way since then. Who 11.00 ‘Don’t be so gloomy’: the importance of humour in www.grahamgreenebt.org and receive a quarterly Graham Greene, with particular reference to The Fallen would have bet in 1998 that the programme newsletter and a Festival discount of £2 per event (for up to Idol and The Third Man: a talk by Professor Neil for the 22nd Festival would be in place in five events). 2020? But here we are. As I write, the Sinyard, Emeritus Professor at the University of Hull. Greene, by coronavirus emergency is in full swing, and Paul Hogarth 12.20 Greene’s short stories 2: A reading of ‘The End of I put these details of this year’s Festival the Party’ by the actor Adrian Scarborough. before you as a promise of better times to come. Lunch (£25) I hope you like the look of this year’s offerings – a mixture of some familiar faces and a number of new ones. I’ve tried in Old Hall particular to focus on Graham Greene’s own writings, and 1.00 Farewell Lunch: cold buffet, wine and coffee; include elements that are as accessible to those completely new vegan/vegetarian option. (Limited to 60 tickets. to Greene as to seasoned fans; to reflect the myriad adaptations Please book by Monday 21 September at the latest.) of Greene that continue to appear; to mark the publication of Festival venues will also feature a Festival bookstall and Richard Greene’s landmark new biography; and to involve Richard Frost’s bookstall, with a large selection of books Greene’s own family as much as possible – always a really by and relating to Graham Greene. On Saturday 3 October important part of our annual gatherings. Richard Frost’s bookstall will not be in Old Hall but in Court Sign yourself up for tickets, encourage newcomers to join us, House, beside St Peter’s Church; on that day, Festival- and let’s renew our friendships in Berkhamsted in October. See goers will be able to visit his bookstall at lunchtime. you then. A free Festival brochure will be available during the On the Graham Greene Birthplace Trust website Festival. It will include a full Festival programme, details of (www.grahamgreenebt.org) you will find further details of speakers and more. the talks, interviews, films, drama tours and speakers, the online ticketing service, and information on any changes that may arise. Tickets will be on sale at the door for all events other than the meals, but it would be preferable if you could book in advance via the website. Season Tickets, which offer a discount, are available for those who plan to attend all talks and films/drama. Supported by Berkhamsted School. Presented by the Graham Greene Birthplace Trust (Charity Number 1064839), Mike Hill, Festival Director A member of the Berkhamsted Arts Trust. Mike Hill, Patrons: Caroline Bourget, Andrew Bourget, Festival Director Nicholas Dennys, Louise Dennys, Lucy Saunders. Thursday 1 – Sunday 4 October 2020 Thursday 1 October Friday 2 October Saturday 3 October Court House and the Town Hall The Town Hall and the Civic Centre Old Hall, Berkhamsted School (Castle Street) Afternoon session (£5) Morning session (£17) Morning session (£17) Court House, beside St Peter’s Church The Town Hall Old Hall 2.15 Graham Greene’s Common : a guided walk (under 9.45 ‘Murder didn’t mean much to Raven’: A Gun for Sale 9.45 Graham Greene on Stage: A German Perspective: three miles; includes WWI trenches) led by Brian in context : a talk by Mike Hill. a talk and reading by actress, translator and Shepherd, with readings from A Sort of Life and 10.45 Break for tea and coffee director Maria Jany. The Human Factor by Judy Mead and Richard 11.15 Graham Greene: A Good Read: Birthplace Trustee 10.45 Break for tea and coffee Shepherd. Assemble outside the Court House for Dr Creina Mansfield, Claire Fox of the Institute of 11.15 Re-reading Graham with his great-granddaughter, introduction. Cars/lifts and stout walking shoes Ideas, and screenwriter and playwright Nick an inter-generational ramble : a talk by Professor required for the start of the walk at Inns of Court Warburton discuss the novels The Confidential Judith Adamson of Dawson College, Montreal, and War Memorial, New Road Car Park. If wet, Agent, The Quiet American and The Heart of the Alexandra Bourget. illustrated talk with readings in the Court House. Matter. Break for lunch Berkhamsted School: Old Hall Break for lunch Afternoon session (£17) 4.45 Greene Grow the Rushes: Graham Greene on film: 12.45 Berkhamsted: The Greene Guide : a guided walk of a talk by Quentin Falk to English A. Level students. approximately one hour, led by Brian Shepherd, Old Hall (Not open to Festival-goers generally.) with readings by Judy Mead and Richard 2.15 The Graham Greene Film Review Prize : Shepherd. Meet outside the rear entrance to presentation to the winner by Graham Greene’s Evening session Berkhamsted Railway Station (the Platform 4 exit) daughter Caroline Bourget. The Town Hall for introduction. In the event of wet weather, there 2.30 Graham Greene: Life and After the Life : a talk by (Supper, talk and film £41; supper only £21; talk and film will be an illustrated talk with readings in the Town Professor Richard Greene of the University of only £20) Hall. (£5) Toronto. The David Pearce Memorial Talk. 5.15 Talk and Film Supper: 5.15 meet for drinks at pay Afternoon session (£23, including Birthday Toast) 3.30 Break for tea and coffee bar, 6.00 waitress-served two-course supper with The Town Hall 4.00 ‘Every Night Something Awful’: Basil Dean and coffee; vegan/vegetarian option. Graham Greene : a talk by Creina Mansfield. 2.30 Cuban Rhythms: a musical version of Our Man in (Please book for the supper by Monday 21 Havana: playwright Richard Hough and composer September at the latest.) Evening session (£36) Ben Frost interviewed by Mike Hill. 7.15 My Writing and Graham Greene : a talk by writer Old Hall 3.30 Break for tea and coffee Monica Ali. 8.00 Festival Dinner: three courses with wine and 4.00 ‘His very personal religion of man’: the reception of coffee; vegan/vegetarian option. 8.30 Film: The Stranger’s Hand (British Lion, 1954, 82 Graham Greene’s novels in state socialist Romania : minutes), directed by Mario Soldati and starring (Limited to 60 tickets. Please book by Monday 21 a talk by Dr Andrei Gorzo of the National University Trevor Howard. Introduced by Mike Hill. September at the latest.) of Theatre and Film, Bucharest. 5.15 The Birthday Toast by Alexandra Bourget, Graham Greene’s great- granddaughter. Tickets for all events are available for purchase online at Evening session (£12) www.grahamgreenebt.org The Civic Centre 8.00 Drama: Premiere of The Other Man , by playwright Clair, followed by a question and answer session.

The Stranger’s Hand The Other Man