Course

Patricia Highsmith on Screen 18

Wednesdays, 1 – 22 Jun, 7pm – 8.30pm

A complex and controversial writer, Patricia Highsmith wrote 22 novels and numerous short stories throughout a career spanning nearly five decades. Her work has led to more than two dozen film adaptations, including Hitchcock’s Strangers on a Train, Minghella’s Talented Mr Ripley, and more recently Carol, which starred Cate Blanchett. Join tutor Kenton Hall for this 4-week visual tour of her well-known and under-seen adaptations for screen.

Course Breakdown:

Week 1: Strangers on Trains

Week 2: The Talented Mr Ripley

Week 3: The Price of Salt (the story of Carol)

Week 4: The European American

This course will be delivered in person at Phoenix. Capacity is limited to 15 participants.

Further Information

Price: £50 / £45 conc / £40 Members

Tutor: Kenton Hall

Booking Information:

This 4-week course will run on Wednesdays, 7pm – 8.30pm, from 1 – 22 June 2022.

You must be 18 or over to attend.

Member discount available.

Cancellation Policy:

We do not offer refunds for cancellations of bookings, except in exceptional circumstances. In the event that an advertised course is withdrawn, we will endeavour to give 7 days’ notice and a full refund will be made.

View our Learner Agreement.

about the tutor

Kenton Hall is an award-winning Canadian writer, director, musician and teacher, with numerous short and feature film credits to his name – both behind and in front of the camera. Kenton also teaches a BTEC in Creative Media Production through Leicester College and The Art of Screenwriting here at Phoenix. He has played a variety of roles on-stage and screen, from Les Miserables and Muppets Most Wanted to 4th Floor of Singapore and Father to Fall. He most recently wrote, directed and co-starred in the feature film A Dozen Summers, published the comic memoir Bisection, about living and parenting with bipolar disorder and co-wrote the Audible Drama Getting Better, starring Rhod Gilbert, Kathryn Drysdale and Mark Gatiss.