06 November 2025

Susan Hampshire 20 November at 7.30pm

We are delighted to announce a late addtion to our November Programme with a conversation with Susan Hampshire.  A grand dame (literally) of theatre and screen is travelling specially to be with us. She will discuss her life, career and more with local theatre critic Michael Coveney. 

Do join us for a unique evening with this delightful lady who is now back on our screens as Lady Cartaret in the Channel 5 Forsyte Saga Prequel.

Thursday 20th November at 7.30pm

Tickets are £15 from the Library (020 7431 1266) and as usual from Wegottickets.com. A link is HERE   or scan the QR Code below

Susan Hampshire, Lady Kulukundis  is an English actress.

She is a three-time Emmy Award winner, winning for the television dramas, The Forsyte Saga in 1970, The First Churchills in 1971, and for Vanity Fair in 1973.

Her film credits include During One Night (1961), The Long Shadow (1961), The Three Lives of Thomasina (1963), Night Must Fall (1964), Wonderful Life (1964), The Fighting Prince of Donegal (1966), The Trygon Factor (1966), The Violent Enemy (1967), Malpertuis (1971), Living Free (1972), Neither the Sea Nor the Sand (1972) and Bang! (1977).

She is also known for her other television roles, such as The Pallisers (1974), The Grand (1997–98), and as Molly MacDonald in the long running BBC One drama Monarch of the Glen (2000–2005)

Susan Hampshire commented on her role that this new series is a prequel focused on an earlier Victorian-era setting and her new character, described as a posh but sharp-witted lady, is not connected to her previous role as Fleur.

Michael Coveney  was born in London and educated at  Worcester College, Oxford.

After working as a script reader for the Royal Court Theatre, he  was  theatre critic and deputy arts editor of the Financial Times throughout the 1980s.

He was theatre critic for The Observer from 1990 until he joined the Daily Mail in 1997 -2004 and chief critic of the theatre website WhatsOnStage.co until retiring from the role in 2016.

He is a staunch library supporter.