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Christ's College

MILTON 400TH ANNIVERSARY

A year of events celebrating the 400th anniversary of the birth of John Milton (1608-74). For further information and ticket enquiries, visit the website at http://www.christs.cam.ac.uk/milton400/, e-mail milton400@christs.cam.ac.uk, or telephone 01223 334937.

LADY MARGARET LECTURES 2008

Lectures will take place on Wednesdays at 5.15 p.m. in Room 3, Mill Lane Lecture Rooms. Admission is free. All are welcome.
30 JanuaryJohn Milton as a theorist of liberty, by Quentin Skinner.
27 February Milton's singularity, by Colin Burrow.
7 MayMilton: poetry vs. prose, by Sharon Achinstein.v
29 October Milton as muse, by Geoffrey Hill.
26 November Milton and 'the best criticism of any work', by Christopher Ricks.

EXHIBITIONS

'Living at this Hour: John Milton 1608-2008'

15 January to 12 July in the University Library Exhibition Centre, West Road. Admission is free. Further information can be found at http://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/exhibitions/.

'Milton in the Old Library'

17 January to 18 December in the Old Library, Christ's College. An exhibition based around the College's extensive collection of Milton materials. Open to the public every Thursday, 2 p.m. until 4.45 p.m., and for group visits at other times by appointment (tel. 01223 334950/334905, e-mail library@christs.cam.ac.uk). Admission is free.

PERFORMANCES

Comus

Christ's College, in the Fellows' Garden on 19, 20, 21 June, and in Hall on 22, 24 June 2008.

Milton's Masque performed together with an Anti-masque newly written by John Kinsella and commissioned for the Milton 400th Anniversary. Performances at 8.30 p.m. (provisional). Performed by Christ's College Amateur Dramatic Society in conjunction with Cambridge University Marlowe Society.

Paradise Lost

Thursday, 23 October, The Drama Studio, Faculty of English, 9 West Road.

A reading of Milton's poem Paradise Lost, starting at 9 a.m., with live relay online. Admission is free. Drop in and out at any point. Performance ends at around 8 p.m., with drinks.

Milton at Christ's

Saturday, 6 December, 8 p.m., The Hall, Christ's College.

A concert of music of Milton's time and readings of his poetry and prose. Readings by Sam West.* Music performed by Fretwork, David Rowland, and the Choir of Christ's College.

Handel - L'Allegro, Il Penseroso, ed Il Moderato

Sunday, 7 December, 6 p.m., Trinity College Chapel.

The Essex Baroque Orchestra conducted by Peter Holman in a performance of Handel's oratorio based on Milton's poems. Tickets and further information: http://cambridgeearlymusic.org/.

* subject to availability

EDUCATION

Darkness Visible

A web resource for school and university students studying Milton's Paradise Lost: http://www.christs.cam.ac.uk/darknessvisible/.