BAPTISM OF BLOOD - A New History of the Vampire
- Brompton Cemetery Chapel
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Something A Little Different, Theatre/Arts and Walks & Tours
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Tickets from £12.00
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Sat, 26th Oct 2019 @ 15:00 - 17:00
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15:00 - 17:00
BAPTISM OF BLOOD
A New History of an Ancient Spirit with Nick Groom
A part of the London Month of the Dead
At Brompton Cemetery Chapel
The vampire first came to public prominence in the early eighteenth century, when Enlightenment science collided with Eastern European folklore and apparently verified outbreaks of vampirism captured the attention of medical researchers, political commentators, social theorists, theologians, and philosophers. In this talk historian Nick Groom traces the history of the vampire from its role as a monster embodying humankind's fears, to that of an unlikely hero for the marginalised and excluded in the twenty-first century.
Drawing on literary and artistic representations, as well as medical, forensic, empirical, and sociopolitical perspectives, Groom will reveal how this rich and eerie history presents the vampire as a strikingly complex being that has been used to express the traumas and contradictions of the human condition.
Tickets £12 including a delightful gin cocktail.
Nick Groom
Nicholas Michael Groom FRSA is Professor of English Literature at the University of Exeter, an author on subjects ranging from the history of the Union Jack to Thomas Chatterton. He has edited several books and regularly appears on television, radio and at literary festivals as an authority on English Literature, seasonal customs, J. R. R. Tolkien, the ‘Gothic’ and ‘British’ and 'English' identities. Due to his extensive work on the Gothic, especially on the history of vampires, he has become known as the 'Prof of Goth' in the media and has written several articles on the Goth scene, including essays on the singer, Nick Cave.
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Baptism of Blood
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15:00 - 17:00 | £12.00 |
Location
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Brompton Cemetery Chapel, In the middle of Brompton cemetery, Entrances at Fulham Road and Old Brompton Road, London, SW10 9UG
Nearest Station
Earl's Court (Tube)
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Organiser
A Curious Invitation and Antique Beat
The London Month of the Dead has been curated by a Curious Invitation and Antique Beat to inform, entertain and provoke on the subject of death and London cemeteries.
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2. Tickets are issued subject to the rules and regulations of the venue.
3. Please check your tickets, as mistakes cannot always be rectified.
4. Occasionally, events are cancelled or postponed by the promoter, team, performer or venue for a variety of reasons. If the event is cancelled, please contact us for information on receiving a refund from the responsible party. If the event was moved or rescheduled, the venue or promoter may set refund limitations. It is your responsibility to ascertain the date and time of any rearranged event.
5. The venue reserves the right to refuse admission and may on occasion have to conduct security searches to ensure the safety of the patrons.
6. Every effort to admit latecomers will be made at a suitable break in the event, but admission cannot always be guaranteed.
7. We regret that tickets cannot be exchanged or refunded after purchase.
8. Tickets are sold subject to the venue or promoter's right to alter or vary the programme due to events or circumstances beyond its control without being obliged to refund monies or exchange tickets.
9. If this ticket is re-sold or transferred for profit or commercial gain by anyone other than the promoter, venue management, DesignMyNight or one of their authorised sub-agents, it will become voidable and the holder may be
refused entry to or ejected from the venue.
10. The venue may operate a No Smoking Policy.
11. The promoter, venue management and DesignMyNight accept no responsibility for any personal property.
12. The event listed on the purchased ticket is strictly for ticket holders who are over 18 years of age. Identification may be required.
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