Schedule:

Friday, November 1, 2024

11:00 a.m
Dock Street Theatre - $30
Dr. Sharon Malone With Michele Norris
Grown Woman Talk
Dr. Sharon Malone Is One Of The Smartest, Funniest, And Most Charismatic Women I Know."Michelle Obama.
A Leading Expert On Women’s Health, Sharon Malone, M.D., Joins Us To Discuss Grown Woman Talk. This New York Times Bestseller Dives Into What We’re Not Talking About As Women: Our Health. Inspired By Questions Her Friends And Family Have Asked Her, Dr. Malone Shows Us That We’re In Charge Of Our Own Health - Not Anyone Else! She Also Shares How We Can Advocate For Ourselves And March To The Beat Of Our Own Drum (Or In Her Case, Her Custom Playlist!). Sharon Malone Will Be In Conversation With Journalist And Broadcaster, Michele Norris.

1:00 p.m
Dock Street Theatre - $30
André Aciman With Edoardo Ballerini
Roman Year: A Memoir
Award-Winning Author Of Call Me By Your Name, André Aciman Revisits Rome In A Memoir That Reads Like A Novel. On The Cusp Of Adulthood, Aciman And His Family Were Expelled From Their Hometown, Alexandria, Egypt, For Being Jewish. In The Book, Aciman Describes His Experience In The "Eternal City." Woven Into Aciman’s Amusing Style Is A Story Of Trauma And Displacement. He Will Be In Conversation With World-Class Audiobook Narrator, Edoardo Ballerini, Who Performs The Voice Of André Aciman In Roman Year.

3:00 p.m
Dock Street Theatre- $30
Emily Wilson With Judith Thurman
The Iliad
Emily Wilson, Professor Of Classical Studies At The University Of Pennsylvania,  Discusses Her "Sparkling And Buoyant" Translation Of The Iliad (New York Times). This Effervescent Version - A Vivid Retelling Of Homer’s Great War Story For Modern Times - Conveys The Timeless Battlefield Epic’s Emotional Impact. Named One Of The Best Books Of 2023 By The Guardian And The Washington Post, This Contemporary Translation Has Been Lauded As A Revelation And A Cultural Landmark. Emily Wilson Will Be In Conversation With New Yorker Essayist And Cultural Critic, Judith Thurman.

5:00 p.m
Dock Street Theatre - $30
Paul Murray With Bill Goldstein
The Bee Sting
Shortlisted For The 2023 Booker Prize. Paul Murray Joins Us From Ireland To Discuss His Novel The Bee Sting - A Dazzling Multi-Generational Family Drama About A Wealthy Irish Family’s Financial Ruin. Told From Multiple Perspectives, We Learn Of The Struggles Of Adolescence And The Devastating Effects Of Secrets - Set Against Concerns Of Climate Change. The Bee Sting Was A New York Times Top Ten Book Of The Year For 2023, And Has Been Featured In Newyorker, The Sunday Times, And The Washington Post. According To The Guardian, "It Is A Tragic-Comic Triumph. You Won’t Read A Sadder, Truer, Funnier Novel." Paul Murray Will Be In Conversation With Bill Goldstein, Author And Interviewer With Nbc’s Weekend Today.

Charleston Literary Festival Black And White Masquerade
Opening Party: A Black and White Masquerade
Step Into A Mysterious World Of Marvelous Masks And Luminous Literati - Inspired By Truman Capote’s Legendary Black And White Ball! We Invite You To Join Us At A Black and White Masquerade To Launch The Opening Of Charleston Literary Festival 2024 And Celebrate Our Guest Of Honor, Artistic Director and Literary Legend, Diana Reich.  With Landon Bryant, A.K.A. Instagram Personality at Landontalks, As M.C. Featuring Literary Interludes From: Laurence Leamer, Author Of Capote’s Women; Stephen Graham, Son Of Katharine Graham, Truman Capote’s Original Guest Of Honor; A$Iah Mae, Charleston Poet Laureate.

Saturday, November 2, 2024

12:00 p.m
Dock Street Theatre - $30
Charan ranganath with david adams
Why we remember
Professor Charan Ranganath, neuroscientist and psychologist, discusses groundbreaking new research that radically reframes how we think about memory and reveals the powerful role it plays in our lives, from recalling faces and names to learning, decision-making, and healing. "Not only will every reader remember better afterward, they’ll also never forget this life-changing book,Siddhartha Mukherjee. Professor Ranganath, who plays in punk bands when not studying the mind, will be in conversation with Dr. David Adams, Emeritus Distinguished Professor of Surgery music.

2:00 p.m
Dock Street Theatre - $30
Michele Norris With Kerri Forrest
Our Hidden Conversations
From Michele Norris, award-winning journalist and the first African-American female host for NPR, is a profound project on race that began with a simple note on a card, "Race. Your Thoughts. Six Words. Please Send." Over half a million people submitted their responses to what we now know as The Race Card Project. Her resulting book, Our Hidden Conversations, was a New York Times bestseller. Norris discusses her transformative national project on race and identity - a unique, moving compilation of personal stories, essays, and photographs providing a window into real-life experiences of race in the United States.  

4:00 p.m
Dock Street Theatre - $30
Claire Messud With Georgina Godwin
This Strange Eventful History
Longlisted For The Booker Prize 2024
One of Oprah's most anticipated books of 2024, Claire Messud’s seventh novel traces three generations of an itinerant French family with roots in colonial Algeria. "One of those rare novels that a reader doesn’t merely read but lives through with the characters - Yiyun Li. Inspired by her the displacement of her own ancestors, the novel charts the odyssey of a family torn apart by war, politics, and religion. She discusses the joys and pitfalls that come from fictionalizing one’s own relatives with Monocle journalist and broadcaster Georgina Godwin.   

6:00 p.m
Dock Street Theatre - $30
James Shapiro With Dominic Dromgoole
The Playbook
World-famous Shakespeare scholar James Shapiro joins us to discuss his vivid and stirring account of a 1930s culture war over the role of theater in American society. He recounts the 1935 foundation and 1938 demise of the Federal Theatre Project which toured groundbreaking productions across America, until it was finally destroyed by the head of the newly formed Un-American Activities Committee in 1939. He discusses the contemporary relevance of the radical project with Dominic Dromgoole, Former Artistic Director of Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre in London, who staged Hamlet in every country of the world.

Sunday, November 3, 2024

12:00 p.m
Dock Street Theatre - $30
Eddie S. Glaude Jr. With Joan Robinson Berry
We Are The Leaders We Have Been Looking For
Eddie S. Glaude Jr. discusses his new book - a politically astute, lyrical meditation on how ordinary people can break loose from their reliance on a small group of professional politicians and assume individual responsibility for a more just and perfect democracy. The New York Times bestselling author and distinguished professor of African-American Studies at Princeton draws from the lives and work of James Baldwin, Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X, and Toni Morrison (among others) to inspire ordinary citizens towards greater social impact.

2:00 p.m
Dock Street Theatre - $30
Katherine Bucknell With Bill Goldstein
Christopher Isherwood: Inside Out
Born the heir to a crumbling English estate, Christopher Isherwood, best remembered for his semi-autobiographical 1939 novel, Goodbye To Berlin, which inspired the musical Cabaret, died an icon of gay liberation in California. His 1964 novel, A Single Man, was made into a period romantic film by designer Tom Ford. He might also be known as the only person in recorded history who turned down an invitation to Truman Capote’s legendary 1966 Black and White Ball. Katherine Bucknell discusses Isherwood’s life and legacy with Bill Goldstein, author of the forthcoming biography of Larry Kramer.  

4:00 p.m
Dock Street Theatre - $30
David W. Blight With Richard Brodhead
Yale And Slavery
Pulitzer Prize-winning historian and author of biography Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom, David W. Blight, answers the call to investigate Yale University’s historical involvement with the slave trade and abolition. His findings take the form of a compelling narrative account of the role of slavery in the university’s past, based on the premise that the history of Yale is aligned with the history of the United States, and therefore American slavery. He considers the implications of his findings with Richard Brodhead, former Dean of Yale College and Emeritus President of Duke University.

6:00 p.m
Dock Street Theatre - $30
Maurice Samuels With Adam Gopnik
Alfred Dreyfus: The Man At The Center Of The Affair
In France, 1894, Captain Alfred Dreyfus’s treason charge - for passing secret documents to the enemy - split the country, dividing families (including that of Proust), friends, and artists; such as Claude Monet, who was pro Dreyfus, and Paul Cézanne, who was anti. Emile Zola’s famous manifesto J’accuse was written to rally the country in favor of Dreyfus. Although Dreyfus was eventually exonerated when the true culprit confessed, the Dreyfus Affair’s repercussions continued to echo around the world. Maurice Samuels, Director of the Yale Program for the Study of Antisemitism, discusses the significance of the Dreyfus Affair with Adam Gopnik, New Yorker essayist and author.  In collaboration with the 275th Anniversary of Kahal Kadosh Beth Elohim (KKBE)

8:00 p.m
Dock Street Theater - $30
Griffin Dunne With Marie Brenner
The Friday Afternoon Club
An instant New York Times bestseller, Griffin Dunne discusses his warm, dramatic, and moving family story - full of twists and turns growing up among larger-than-life characters in Hollywood and Manhattan, including his Aunt Joan Didion and close friend Carrie Fisher. At the core of his memoir is the heart-breaking story of the murder of his younger sister and the controversial court case that followed. He will be in conversation with Vanity Fair journalist and author Marie Brenner, who played a part in his story.

Monday, November 4, 2024

12:00 p.m
Dock Street Theatre - $30
Nikki Giovanni With Tonya Matthews
A Conversation With Nikki Giovanni
Nikki Giovanni is a generation-defining poet, writer, and activist renowned for her five-decade career creating evocative works exploring themes of social justice and love, while captivating audiences with her conviction, humor, and devotion to telling her truth as a Black woman. Charleston Literary Festival is collaborating with the International African American Museum (IAAM) demonstrating great alignment between the two organizations and their complementary missions to illuminate untold stories of the African American experience. In this marquee event, Prof. Giovanni will be in conversation with Dr. Tonya Matthews, CEO of IAAM. This is an important opportunity for audiences to embrace a conversation with one of the most important poets of our time. Prof. Giovanni has been awarded 7 NAACP awards, a Grammy nomination, and was a finalist for the National Book Award. In collaboration with the International African American Museum (IAAM), made possible by the generosity of TD Bank

2:00 p.m
Dock Street Theatre - $30
Kwame Dawes And Kimiko Hahn With Marjory Wentworth
Fortunate Travelers
Fellow poets, Kwame Dawes, current poet laureate of Jamaica, and Kimiko Hahn, distinguished Creative Writing and Literary Translation professor at Queens College, are in conversation discussing poetry with international themes. Dawes is the author of twenty books of poetry and numerous other books of fiction, criticism, and essays. His work often centers on his childhood and early adult life in Jamaica. The talk is moderated by former poet laureate to South Carolina, Marjory Wentworth.

4:00 p.m
Dock Street Theatre - $30
Geoff Dyer With Geoffrey Harpham
The Last Days Of Roger Federer
"I define retirement as the phase of life in which I will do nothing but watch tennis," writes Geoff Dyer in The Last Days of Roger Federer. The book is his meditation on things coming to an end and an examination of the late achievements of a range of writers, painters, athletes and musicians. "Tennis, jazz, Dylan, movies, TV, drugs, Nietzsche, Beethoven. Geoff Dyer once again melds commentary and observation with intellect and wit." - Steve Martin. He muses on last performances and last works, with plenty of lively detours along the way, together with Geoffrey Harpham, author of Citizenship on Catfish Row.

6:00 p.m
Dock Street Theatre - $35
Debate: Baldwin Vs. Buckley
Live Theater Performance By The American Vicarious
To commemorate the centenary of the birth of James Baldwin, we re-create the legendary Cambridge University debate between two intellectual titans: "The American Dream is at the expense of the American Negro," - James Baldwin Experience a live staging of the historic 1965 Cambridge Union debate, televised across the world, between James Baldwin, leading literary voice of the civil rights movement, and William F. Buckley Jr., the US’s most influential conservative intellectual. Following the re-enactment, members of the audience will be invited to have their say regarding the contemporary relevance of the debate.

Wednesday, November 6, 2024

4:00 p.m
Dock Street Theatre - $30
Marie Arana With Bilal Qureshi
Latinoland
Peruvian-American author and Former Literary Director of the Library of Congress, Marie Arana discusses her sweeping book Latinoland with broadcaster, editor and critic, Bilal Qureshi. Arana conducted hundreds of in-depth interviews about the fastest-growing minority group in the US. Her family arrived in Miami in the 1950s, back when Latinos officially made up 2 percent of the United States. That number is closer to 20 percent today, an enormous and increasing population that, despite being mostly Mexican American, is also growing in its diversity. A central tension of Latinoland is how to navigate these demographic differences while holding 60 million people to a single, collective identity.

6:00 p.m
Dock Street Theatre - $30
Brody Mullins And Luke Mullins With Monica Langley
The Wolves Of K Street
On K Street, a few blocks from The White House, sit the offices of the most powerful men in Washington. Join brothers and co-authors Brody Mullins, an investigative reporter in the Washington, DC, bureau of The Wall Street Journal and Luke Mullins, a contributing writer at POLITICO magazine as they discuss their book The Wolves of K Street: The Secret History of How Big Money Took Over Big Government, a dazzling, yet infuriating, portrait of fifty years of corporate influence in the US capital. Brody and Luke will be in conversation with board member, Monica Langley, former EVP of Salesforce and former Wall Street Journal reporter.

8:00 p.m
Dock Street Theatre - $30
Chris Whitaker With Anthony Varallo
All The Colors Of The Dark
British author Chris Whitaker discusses his New York Times bestseller All the Colors of the Dark - a gripping thriller and love story that delves into the shadows of a small town, where secrets, betrayal, and haunting pasts converge in a tense, emotionally charged narrative of survival. A Read With Jenna book club pick, People magazine says it "melds tense suspense with a powerful exploration of devotion, obsession, and love." Chris Whitaker will be in conversation with Anthony Varallo, Professor and Director of the Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing at College of Charleston.

Thursday, November 7, 2024

12:00 p.m
Dock Street Theatre - $30
Attica Locke With Tamara Butler
Guide Me Home
Attica Locke, award-winning author and screenwriter, discusses her third and final book in the Highway 59 trilogy. Texas Ranger Darren Mathews is back to investigate a Black college student who goes missing from an all-white sorority. Described as "timely and evocative" by NPR, Guide Me Home is a searing portrait of political and racial tensions in contemporary America. This mystery book is for readers who appreciate excellent writing and storytelling, not just mystery readers. Locke’s screenwriter credits include the Emmy-nominated Little Fires Everywhere, for which she won an NAACP Image award for television writing. She will discuss her writing career with Dr. Tamara Butler, Executive Director of the Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture.

2:00 p.m
Dock Street Theatre - $30
Angela Saini With Jennet Robinson Alterman
The Patriarchs
For centuries, societies have treated male domination as a natural state. Join Angela Saini, award-winning science journalist and lecturer in science writing at MIT, as she debunks this idea by exploring the roots and various iterations of patriarchy and shows how more equal societies are structured and flourish. Analyzing the latest research findings in science and archaeology, and tracing cultural and political histories from the Americas to Asia, she discusses why ideas about patriarchy are so difficult to dismantle with Jennet Robinson Alterman, women’s rights advocate.

4:00 p.m
Dock Street Theatre - $30
Ross Benjamin And Mark Harman With Scott Denham
A Kafka Centenary Celebration
Charleston Literary Festival is honored to be featured as part of Kafka2024, a global Festival marking the centenary of Franz Kafka’s death.

"A hundred insane years have passed since Franz succumbed to his suffering. Nevertheless, the fascination with what he created remains to this day. Explore his work with our help – regardless of whether you are already closely familiar with him or are still looking to get more familiar. Here we bridge the boundaries of space and time together." - Kafka2024

A century from the author’s death, ‘Kafkaesque’ is an adjective, a meme, and a Simpson gag. International fascination with him shows no signs of abating: new translations of his Diaries and Short Stories just published in English, a TV serialization of his life produced in Germany, and a Polish director working on a biopic. Ross Benjamin, translator of The Diaries of Franz Kafka, and Mark Harman, translator of Kafka’s Selected Stories, will discuss Kafka’s surreal worlds and lasting impact.  
In collaboration with Kafka2024 (coordinated by the Adalbert Stifter Association and the Prague City Library)

6:00 p.m
Dock Street Theatre - $30
Michael J. Sandel With Geoffrey Harpham
Democracy's Discontent
Harvard political philosopher Michael J. Sandel explores themes from his recent works, Democracy's Discontent: A New Edition for Our Perilous Times and The Tyranny of Merit: Can We Find the Common Good? Sandel has been described as "a rock star moralist" (Newsweek) and "The world’s most influential living philosopher" (New Statesman). He analyzes the challenges to democracy and the pursuit of common good following the 2024 US election, and the turbulent international times in which we live, with Geoffrey Harpham, Emeritus Director of the National Humanities Center.

Friday, November 8, 2024

12:00 p.m
Dock Street Theatre - $30
Jayne Anne Phillips
Discusses Her Pulitzer Prize Winning Novel Night Watch With Her Editor, Ann Close
Night Watch
Join Jayne Anne Phillips in conversation with her long-time editor at Knopf, Ann Close, on her haunting novel about a mother and daughter seeking refuge in the chaotic aftermath of the Civil War, whose perilous circumstances lead them to a lunatic asylum in West Virginia. With meticulous research, Phillips has conjured a mesmerizing portrait of family suffering and endurance against the odds. Jayne Anne Phillips is the author of two short story collections and six highly regarded novels. Dubbed "epic, enthralling, and meticulously crafted" by the Pulitzer panel, Night Watch won the 2024 Pulitzer Prize for fiction.

2:00 p.m
Dock Street Theatre - $30
Jean Hanff Korelitz With Anne Blessing
The Sequel
Jean Hanff Korelitz discusses her latest novel, The Sequel, a gripping follow-up to The Plot (currently in development for a limited TV series). In what Stephen King describes as "insanely readable," Korelitz continues the story of Anna Williams-Bonner, the widow of a successful writer who committed suicide and then goes on to become a bestseller, attracting nasty rumours about her past. Experience the psychological suspense and literary intrigue at the heart of this page-turning book that explores the nature of storytelling. She discusses her twisty new thriller with Anne Blessing, Charleston Literary Festival Board member.

4:00 p.m
Dock Street Theatre - $30
Rachel Kushner With Autumn Phillips
Creation Lake
Shortlisted For The Booker Prize 2024.
Join Rachel Kushner as she discusses her wickedly funny and unnerving book, Creation Lake. A reimagination of the spy novel, it explores environmental destruction and the complexities of survival in a rapidly changing world. The novel revolves around an unlikely female spy tasked with infiltrating a group of eco-activists in rural France, where she follows a trail from Neanderthals to modernity. "A novel this brilliant and profound shouldn’t be so much fun," - Hernan Diaz. She discusses her novel of espionage and ideas with Autumn Philipps, Post and Courier Editor at Large.

6:30 p.m
Dock Street Theatre - $45
All The Beauty In The World
World Premiere Theater Performance
Starring Patrick Bringley
Directed by Dominic Dromgoole
The world premiere of the monologue play All The Beauty In The World by Patrick Bringley is happening right here at the 2024 Charleston Literary Festival. Directed by Dominic Dromgoole, Former Artistic Director of Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre in London, and produced by Charleston Literary Festival, with the help of Spoleto Festival USA, the play is a story of grief, healing, and the power of art. Prepare to be moved, enthralled, entertained, and enlightened. Say you saw it at the Charleston Literary Festival first, as we hope it will tour the world, like Dominic Dromgoole’s production of Hamlet.

Saturday, November 9, 2024

9:30 a.m
Dock Street Theatre - $10
Film Screening: Brooklyn
Directed by John Crowley
Written by Nick Hornby
Starring Saorise Ronan, Emory Cohen, Domhnall Gleeson, Jim Broadbent and Julie Walters
"You have to think like an American. You'll feel so homesick that you'll want to die, and there's nothing you can do about it apart from endure it. But you will, and it won't kill you. And one day the sun will come out - you might not even notice straight away, it'll be that faint."  Brooklyn, adapted from Colm Tóibín’s novel, follows Eilis Lacey, an Irish immigrant in 1950s New York, as she navigates homesickness, love, and identity. Torn between two countries and two lives, she ultimately must choose one path forward. The film won the BAFTA Award for Best British Film 2015, and was nominated for three Academy Awards.

12:00 p.m
Dock Street Theatre - $30
Colm Tóibín With Bilal Qureshi
Long Island
Celebrated author Colm Tóibín, currently Laureate for Irish Fiction, discusses his latest novel, Long Island, a sequel to his award-winning novel Brooklyn, which reunites the reader with Eilis Lacey in the 1970s, as she returns to Ireland and tries to reconcile lost love with current reality. Set mainly in Enniscorthy, the small town in Ireland where Colm Tóibín was born and still has a home, the novel foregrounds some of the minor characters in Brooklyn. He discusses the themes of abandonment, loss, lust and denial in the novel with Bilal Qureshi, broadcaster, editor and critic.

2:00 p.m
Dock Street Theatre - $30
Bianca Bosker With Patrick Bringley
Get The Picture
An instant New York Times bestseller, join Bianca Bosker as she plunges deep inside the world of art and the people who live for it: gallerists, collectors, curators and, of course, artists themselves - the kind who work multiple jobs and let their paintings sleep soundly in the studio while they wake up covered in cat pee on a friend's couch. Bosker details her experiences stretching canvases until her fingers blister, attending A-list parties full of billionaire art collectors, and staring at a single sculpture for an hour straight while working as a museum security guard - all on a journey to discover why art matters and what it does for us. From ancient cave paintings to Instagram posts, Bianca Bosker will discuss art and its role in our lives with her friend, author and former museum guard at The Met, Patrick Bringley.

4:00 p.m
Dock Street Theatre - $30
Ramie Targoff
Shakespeare's Sisters
Ramie Targoff, Professor of Humanities at Brandeis University, presents her ground-breaking book, Shakespeare's Sisters. This illuminating work uncovers and celebrates the overlooked lives and contributions of women writers in Shakespeare’s era, offering fresh insights into their impact on literature and the challenges they faced and surmounted. Taking her cue from Virginia Woolf’s famous essay, A Room of One’s Own, Targoff refutes Woolf’s argument that the voice of Shakespeare’s mythical sister would have been suppressed. Ramie Targoff will be in conversation with Regina Marler, editor of The Letters of Vanessa Bell (Virginia Woolf's sister).

6:00 p.m
Dock Street Theatre - $30
Catherine Lacey With Regina Marler
Biography Of X
Biography of X, named one of The Great American Novels by The Atlantic, and "a Russian Doll of a book" by the Financial Times, is a novel disguised in biographical form. When "X", an iconoclastic artist dies suddenly, her grief stricken widow begins to realize how little she knew the woman she loves. Together with Regina Marler, New York Review of Books essayist, she discusses whether an artist’s story can ever be truly known, and how our own stories impact our experience of art.

Sunday, November 10, 2024

12:00 p.m
Dock Street Theatre - $30
Lottie Hazell With Emmeline Clein
Piglet
As Piglet takes on the task of preparing an elaborate dessert for her wedding day, she is face with the fact that, just days before the ceremony, her fiancé confesses to a terrible secret. Lottie Hazell joins us to discuss her stunning, delicious début Piglet with literary critic Emmeline Clein. The pair will dive into the luscious world of Piglet and tease out the commentary that the novel has on our relationships with food, diet culture, and questions about what women are allowed to have an appetite for.

2:00 p.m
Dock Street Theatre - $30
Deesha Philyaw With Dr. Jeannelle Perkins
The Secret Lives Of Church Ladies
Deesha Philyaw joins us to discuss her acclaimed story collection, The Secret Lives of Church Ladies. These nine stories explore the inner lives of Black women - often caught between their religious upbringing and their personal desires. The collection highlights perceived tensions between tradition and freedom, creating a powerful and nuanced exploration of Black womanhood and spirituality. Deesha Philyaw will be in conversation with Jeannelle Perkins, a psychotherapist and licensed family therapist who specializes in intimacy in Black relationships.

4:00 p.m
Dock Street Theatre - Free
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Ilyon Woo With Kim Cliett Long
Master Slave Husband Wife
Winner Of The 2024 Pulitzer Prize For Biography
This event is our 3rd annual Charleston Reads program: a city-wide reading initiative run in tandem with the Mayor’s Book Club. This year’s Festival will see Ilyon Woo appear in conversation about her novel Master Slave Husband Wife - winner of the 2024 Pulitzer Prize for Biography - in a historic location with deep significance, The Dock Street Theatre. Woo's book is the true story of Ellen and William Craft who pulled off one of the most dramatic escapes in US history by performing, in broad daylight, as master and slave. In 1848, the couple fled in the early hours of the morning by train from Macon to Savannah, where they boarded a steamship bound for Charleston, South Carolina. In Charleston, they stayed the night at the Planter’s Hotel, which today is the Dock Street Theatre. So, we will listen to the couple’s story in the exact building where they were hiding in plain sight 176 years ago.

6:30 p.m
Dock Street Theatre - $45
All The Beauty In The World
Live Theater Performance
Second Performance
Starring Patrick Bringley
Directed by Dominic Dromgoole
Experience the monologue play All The Beauty In The World by Patrick Bringley. Directed by Dominic Dromgoole, Former Artistic Director of Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre in London, and produced by Charleston Literary Festival, with the help of Spoleto Festival USA, the play is a story of grief, healing, and the power of art. Prepare to be moved, enthralled, entertained, and enlightened. Say you saw it at the Charleston Literary Festival first, as we hope it will tour the world, like Dominic Dromgoole’s production of Hamlet.

Date: November 1 - 10, 2024

Location:

Dock Street Theatre
135 Church Street
Charleston, SC 29401

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