25 March 2006
University of Leeds
Bretton Hall
The Classical
Venue
This year the Medieval English Theatre meeting on The Classical
will be
- academically hosted by Dr Phil Butterworth at the University of Leeds,
Bretton Hall, Wakefield, WF4 4LG
- held in the Mansion Music Room, Bretton Hall
-
Campus image and information [link no longer viable].
- Phil’s contact details: 158 Paddock Rd., Harry Bower, Kirkburton,
Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, HD8 0TT; tel: 01484 602925.
e-mail: Philip@Butterworth20.wanadoo.co.uk [no longer viable]
Registration Details:
- Please register as directed on the Registration form, and send the form with payment to
Dr John McGavin, English, School of Humanities, University of Southampton, Southampton SO17 1BJ
by 3 March 2006
- Should you need overnight accommodation on the 24 or 25 March then please refer to
Accommodation section below. Please note: the timing of the meeting
means that student accommodation on campus will not be available.
Registration Cost
- The cost, £27.23 (£23.20 + VAT) per person, includes morning and afternoon coffee/tea and biscuits,
and a buffet lunch (includes vegan and vegetarian).
- The first two full-time postgraduate students to apply will have the cost of the day paid by Medieval
English Theatre.
- Please pass on news of the day to anyone you know who might be interested in attending.
Further copies of this form can be obtained by emailing John McGavin at
jjm1@soton.ac.uk
or by phoning him at 023 8059 3106 (work); 023 8058 1054 (home) or
online).
Accommodation
- For those who wish to stay overnight on Friday 24 March or Saturday 25 a conference rate of
£55.00 B&B at the Cedar Court Hotel (telephone: 01924 276310) has been established. This hotel
is situated only 4 miles from the Bretton Hall campus (take Junction 39 off the M1). Please book
directly with the hotel letting Reception know of your attendance at the conference to avoid paying
the full rate. The conference secretary will be staying here to help with transport. You may wish to
consult other hotels on the list ‘Local Hotels & Accommodation’ (.pdf file).
If you require a hard copy of this, please tick the box on the registration document. A Travelodge is
two miles from campus on the M1, and the Midgley Lodge motel is a similar distance (01924 830069).
If you do plan to stay overnight on Friday and can arrive early that day, it is strongly recommended
that you have a look round the Yorkshire Sculpture Park which shares the University grounds. A new visitor
centre has recently been completed. You will find details of the current exhibition at
http://www.ysp.co.uk (Beware, however! This website seems to take over your screen and won't
let you get back to where you came from.) A large exhibit by Sir Antony Caro is sited below our meeting room.
Travel
Programme
Friday
- For those who wish to arrive on the Friday: we will gather between 6.30pm–7.15pm at Portico Hall
(Reception) in the Mansion at Bretton Hall before going on to an informal Italian or Indian meal
in Wakefield. Transport will be arranged from Bretton Hall. If you need transport to and from the meal
then please indicate this on the registration form. We will try to cover the arrangements via METh members.
If you are coming to the meeting by car, please indicate whether you would be prepared to take colleagues
to and from the meal.
Saturday
- The Programme is a full one, but to help those who wish to travel on the Saturday, we will begin
registration at 10 a.m. and the full programme at 10.30.
- Research: the following will give papers at the meeting: Arjan van Dixhoorn
(rhetoric in the Burgundian-Hapsburg Netherlands), Jodi-Anne George (a seminar on Horestes),
Peter Happé (versions of Seneca’s Thyestes), Anke van Herk (staging of Ovidian myth in the Low Countries),
Alan Hood (classical and medieval Latin drama), Frances Foster (classical and epic in medieval royal
entries), Michael Lynch (visual displays of classical rhetoric). Final titles to follow.
- The Business section will begin with reports on digital or collaborative projects around 4.00 p.m.
Please indicate on the registration form if you wish to make a report. It is expected that there will be
a report on articles of association for the Medieval English Theatre group.
Copies of the Registration Form are available here. Please print it off: do not attempt to fill it in on-line!
John J McGavin
8 December 2005
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