Mary Sharp

BIOGRAPHY

Mary is an experienced broadcaster and teacher with particular expertise in literature and drama. She worked for many years for BBC Radio 4 producing some of its most popular programmes, including Start the Week and Woman’s Hour, before joining the senior management team as a Commissioning Editor. Mary has subsequently worked as a teacher and Director of Sixth Form at a leading girls’ grammar school. She now runs her own company ‘Opening Up Literature’ which offers literature courses for adults including studies of Shakespeare and Creative Writing. Her most popular course is ‘Telling Tales’, which explores how writers and artists have reinvented classical stories. She is a professional bridge teacher and lecturer.

TALKS
1. Gentility, Gossip and Gallantry: Common misconceptions about Jane Austen
2. Is this the Real Life? How Writers and Artists have challenged our Perceptions of Reality
3. Jumping the Life to Come: How the extraordinary bargain of Dr Faustus has influenced writers and artists
4. The Fall into Knowledge: How the plight of Prometheus has captivated writers and artists
5. Manufactured Women: Stories of three women manufactured by the gods for men – and how these influence our view of women today
6. Love Actually: Your favourite Christmas movie will never be the same!