The Dylan Thomas Circle of Vancouver and Simon Fraser University

Present

 

DYLAN THOMAS AND CANADA

Fiftieth Anniversary Conference

 

SFU Harbour Centre

October 14 to 18. 2003

 

Tuesday October 14

Reception

19:00-21:00

Opening Lecture: "Where have the old words got me?" Dylan Thomas Life and Works. Ralph Maud. SFU

21:00-22:00

Fletcher Challenge Theatre

 

Wednesday October 15

Lecture:. Dylan in Vancouver and Montreal. Geoff Madoc-Jones. SFU

Panel Discussion: People who met Dylan Thomas in 1950 and 1952.

19:00 -22:00

Teck Gallery

 

Thursday October 16

Visit to UBC. A reenactment of the original noon reading at the Old Auditorium, UBC.

Lecture:. Reading Dylan Thomas from a Canadian Point of View. Kevin McNeil. UBC

19:00-20:00

Play Reading: Dylan is Missing by Gareth Hill

20:30 - 22:00

McCarthy Tetrault Room

 

Friday October 17

Reading: Vancouver poets read Dylan Thomas.

19:00 – 21:00

Film Presentation: Under Milk Wood, CBC 1960, introduced by the director Paul Almond

21:00 - 22:00

No host bar

Segal Room

 

Saturday October 18

The Annual Dylan Thomas Lecture.

Sponsored by Grenville Thomas

Dylan and Swansea. A personal recollection. Charles Fisher.

Final Bash

Cambrian Hall