Worthing Library is hosting a talk about the eccentric Clemence Dane – the first Oscar-winning British female screenwriter who lived for many years in a field near Midhurst.
Clemence Dane (aka Winifred Ashton) is the ‘invisible woman’ of British 20th century culture: a prolific and popular writer and artist, she was the first British woman screenwriter ever to win an Oscar, the inspiration for eccentric medium Madame Arcati in Noel Coward’s Blithe Spirit and a highly-regarded scriptwriter in Hollywood and Britain.
For many years, she lived in two decorated caravans in a field near the Midhurst sandpits.
Rose Collis will be the speaker at this free, drop-in event which is part of Worthing Library’s free lunchtime talk programme.
Dane is also the subject of Rose’s new Arts Council-funded one-woman play, Wanting the Moon, which will have three preview performances at the Marlborough Theatre, Brighton, and Arundel Jailhouse in January 2016.
Rose is a multi-media writer, alternative historian and performer. Her work includes biography, journalism, theatre, short fiction, websites, exhibitions, radio, literary talks and guided walks.
She has written several critically-acclaimed books and her diverse talks and lectures have included sell-out events at the Royal National Theatre, the National Film Theatre, the Edinburgh Book Festival, the Brighton Festival, World Book Night, Polari on the South Bank, LGBT History Month, West London Literary Festival, Brighton Museum, Charleston, Bishopsgate Institute London and the University of Brighton.
Lunchtime Talk – Wanting the Moon
Worthing Library
Tuesday 1 December 2015
12.10pm – 12.50pm
Worthing Library, Richmond Road, Worthing BN11 1HD
01903 704809
Worthing.library@westsussex.gov.uk
www.westsussex.gov.uk/libraries
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