The Marion E Wade Center, which houses a large archive of papers related to Dorothy L Sayers and C S Lewis among others, has some events planned for early 2023, including a book signing and talk on an annotated edition of Sayers’ The Man Born To Be King.
More information on these events can be found here
The Society wishes you a very Happy New Year. Head over to our Events page to see what we have in store for 2023. Our membership runs from January to December. You can join for as little as £20, less if you are under 25. have a look at the range of events both online and in-person and sign up today.
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It has been decided to cancel the live AGM meeting that was to have been held at St Anne’s Soho. The event will now be held online only, commencing at the usual time of 2.00 pm. Members can find details of how to join the event via the members’ pages.
After the AGM there will be a talk by Frances Myatt, director of the DLS play Love All that was staged in Cambridge earlier this year. For further information, please contact the Society.
Love All , the play written by Dorothy L Sayers is now on at Jermyn Street Theatre. Get tickets while you can!
This weekend you can visit the clock tower of St Anne’s Church, Soho, where Dorothy L Sayers’ ashes are buried. This is part of Open House London
The Norah Lambourne Award, made to apprentices at the Royal Opera House was celebrated today. It was good to be able to meet again in person as there were three awards to give out for the years 2020, 2021 and 2022. Society Chair, Seona Ford and Society Archivist, Alison Hall made the presentations.
The winners were:
2019/20: Harry Clarke. Costume Tailoring Apprentice;
2020/21: Hermina Chance. Hair, Wigs and Makeup Apprentice;
2021/22: Danielle Patrick . Photography Apprentice.
Congratulations to Harry, Hermina and Danielle .
On Sunday, 12 June, close to 40 members gathered at the Mill at Sonning to see a performance of Dorothy L Sayers’ play, Busman’s Honeymoon, directed by Brian Blessed. A full report of the event will appear in the July Bulletin.