Herefordshire | Archive | 2003 | October | 2
From the archive, first published Thursday 2nd Oct 2003.
In the years leading up to the First World War, literary history was being made around the village of Dymock in the valley of the River Leadon.
Six poets were walking and talking, reading and writing here between May Hill in Gloucestershire and the Malvern Hills in Herefordshire.
They were: Lascelles Abercrombie, Rupert Brooke, John Drinkwater, Robert Frost, Wilfrid Gibson and Edward Thomas.
The Friends of the Dymock Poets (FDP) was founded in 1993 to foster an interest in the work of this group of poets as well as to help protect the border countryside of Herefordshire and Gloucestershire.
Celebrating their 10th anniversary this year, the friends of the Dymock poets have planned a special programme of events to coincide with their AGM weekend - October 4-5.
Commencing with a four-mile walk around Much Marcle on Saturday at 10am (with specific reference to poets Lascelles Abercrombie, Francis Kilvert and Geoffrey Chaucer), and continuing with a talk by Michael Schmidt (Professor of English at Manchester Metropolitan University) entitled Robert Frost and the Image at 2.15pm.
Sunday's entertainment begins with a talk by author and broadcaster Sean Street, and culminates in a celebration of the life and poetry of Rupert Brooke, who left an incredible legacy of his 27 years.
A sequence of music, poetry and prose devised and directed by Jane McCulloch will be performed by the English Chamber Theatre at 7.30pm.
All events take place at the Barn Theatre, Hellens, Much Marcle.
For inquiries and tickets contact 01531 634796 or see www.dymock poets.co.uk
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