Royall Tyler: Author, Wit and Judge, or Early Brattleboro
A ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION
The life and times of Royall Tyler, the most important Vermont writer of the Federalist era, will be in the spotlight at three upcoming events over the next month and a half beginning with a free Thursday, September 13th 7:30 p.m. Brattleboro Words Project Roundtable Discussion at at Brooks Memorial Library, as well as a play and exhibit about the prolific author, jurist and playwright at this year’s Brattleboro Literary Festival, which takes place in mid-October, 2018.
True As Steel, a play about Tyler’s life kicks off the annual Literary Festival on Thursday October 11th at 7 p.m., 118 Elliot Street, while his life and writings will be on exhibit at Brooks Memorial Library, just a few blocks from where the writer made his final Vermont home in the early 1800s.
Roundtable Speakers
Marius B. Péladeau, Don McLean & Christina Gibbons with Tom Ragle moderating.
The September Roundtable’s special guest will be the leading Tyler scholar, Marius B. Péladeau, who was born in Brattleboro and now lives in Maine. Péladeau researched and published the definitive books of both the verse and the prose of Royall Tyler. Don McLean, of Guilford, and Christina Gibbons, of Brattleboro — who will speak on Mary Palmer Tyler, Royall’s wife — will join the discussion, with panel moderator Tom Ragle of Guilford.
When & Where
Thursday, September 13th 7:30 p.m.
Brooks Memorial Library
Complementing the events will be an exhibit at Brooks Memorial Library of books and documents relating to the Tylers, including original, handwritten letters, early newspapers, limited-edition pamphlets and books, and other materials, from private and regional collections. Both events welcome the public, and are admission-free.
Event Details
Date: 13 September 2018
Time: 7:30 pm
Location: Brooks Memorial Library
224 Main St.
Brattleboro, VT 05301
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