Susan Hamlyn’s three Study Days will centre on William Tyndale.
The most quoted writer in the English language, Tyndale is not listed in The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations. But the book - to which he contributed more than 80% - is given more than 1000 entries.
2026 sees the 500th anniversary of the first printed English New Testament. The translator was William Tyndale. We all quote him every day. But who was he? How did it all happen? And why was he strangled and burnt at the stake?
NB Although this course focuses wholly on the Bible, this is not a theological course but a literary and historical one.
In this third study day, we will read and discuss David Edgar’s intense and absorbing play, 'Written on the Heart' which examines the impact of William Tyndale’s work on the English church, its politics, language and its people.
The play was commissioned by The Royal Shakespeare Company and premiered in Stratford-Upon-Avon in 2011.
Susan has some second-hand copies of the play at £5.00 each. Otherwise, please bring your own copy. Photocopies can be provided at £3.00 – but please give at least a week’s notice if this is needed!
Payment can be made by bank transfer, cheque or cash on the day. Cheques to be made out to the individual course leader.
Susan Hamlyn founded and ran the Questors Literature courses for thirty years, retiring in 2023, joyfully handing them on to Alexander. She has lived and worked in Ealing for nearly 50 years, has brought up her children and now grandchildren here. Her books on education, articles, stories and poems have been widely published.
