Adult learning
ASL’s adult learning program carries out the School’s mission to develop lifelong learners. We hope that parents, faculty, staff, alumni and friends of ASL will enjoy participating in the following educational opportunities:
Alice Leader's Master Classes
Alice Leader's Master Classes: new courses in the fall
Irish Lit
Come meet the greats of modern Irish literature. We’ll read W.B. Yeats and Seamus Heaney, novels by Roddy Doyle and Elizabeth Bowen, and hear one of Ireland’s premier scholars, Roy Foster, discuss Irish literary traditions as presented in his book, Words Alone. Now’s the time to taste a very little excerpt of Ulysses as well as read The Dubliners. We'll roar with laughter at the Roddy Doyle trilogy and arrange to see the brilliant film of "The Commitments." We meet for seven classes and then go to Dublin for a specialized, carefully organized and unforgettable trip (1-2 November, return 3 November).
Course fee: £400 (excluding trip costs)
Dates: Wednesdays, 9:30-11:30 am, 25 September-13 November.
Registration: Checks, made out to ASL, should be posted to: Alice Leader, 11 Brooksville Avenue, London NW6 6TH. Please include name, home and mobile phone numbers, email address and event on back of check. Questions to Alice Leader, alice_leader@asl.org, 07815 788205.
From Page to Screen
Four great novels made into four great films--let’s do them all! Come to class to discuss the novel, and then see the film. "Brighton Rock," "A Room with a View," "And When Did You Last See Your Father," and "Rebecca." Blake Morrison, one of England’s premier modern novelists who has written on the adaptation of novels to film, will speak to us about this process. And Jane Dunn, author of "Daphne du Maurier and Her Sisters," will discuss "Rebecca" with us, telling us the best du Maurier sights to see on our trip to Fowey, Cornwall, where “Rebecca” was filmed (trip dates 25-26 October, return 27 October).
Course fee: £350 (excluding trip costs)
Dates: Thursdays, 9:15 am-12:30 pm, 26 September-14 November.
Registration: Checks, made out to ASL, should be posted to: Alice Leader, 11 Brooksville Avenue, London NW6 6TH. Please include name, home and mobile phone numbers, email address and event on back of check. Questions to Alice Leader, alice_leader@asl.org, 07815 788205.
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