A Two-Month Party for U.K.-L.A. : Arts: The British consul general will announce today the schedule for 75 diverse events starting Sept. 7.

The premiere of Kenneth Branagh’s “Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein” on Nov. 1 is among the highlights of the two-month UK/LA 1994 festival schedule to be announced by British Consul General Merrick Baker-Bates and festival organizers at a press conference today at the Biltmore Hotel.

During the festival, Prince Charles will visit Los Angeles to attend UK/LA and other events related to fund-raising for Los Angeles inner-city charities, according to the consul general.

The opening UK/LA 1994 event, Sept. 7 at the Hollywood Bowl, is a performance by Manchester’s Halle Orchestra, conducted by its music director, California native Kent Nagano. Following a Sept. 6 preview concert, on Sept. 7 the orchestra will perform a salute to British film music featuring William Walton’s score for Laurence Olivier’s “Henry V,” with a guest narrator to be named later.

First announced in April, the festival will include more than 40 Los Angeles cultural organizations, involving 370 artists in a half-dozen artistic disciplines presented in 46 venues from Santa Monica to Pomona, festival officials said.

The 75-event festival also includes: the first Prince’s Trust Concert in the United States, with pop stars to be announced and proceeds to benefit youth charities here and in Britain; performances by both the Royal National Theatre and the Royal Shakespeare Company; the West Coast debut of Stomp, a “theater of sound”; “3x3: Great Solo Performances,” featuring Lynn Redgrave, British character actress Miriam Margolyes and Steven Berkoff, perhaps best known in Los Angeles for his long-running play, “Kvetch”; the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields with its famed conductor, Sir Neville Marriner, and a five-night orgy of Monty Python films and television programs, with promised appearances by Python members.

British-born L.A. resident David Hockney’s design for the poster and program brochure also will be unveiled today, a color-laser copy of a gouache and computer drawing with felt marker.

The festival officially ends Nov. 14, although some art exhibitions presented under the festival umbrella will continue into 1995.

The 1988 UK/LA festival primarily featured mainstream arts and performers. This time, Bruce Joseph, UK/LA’s executive director, stressed that the programs reflect the variety of cultures in the British Isles.

“We want to dispel the preconceived notions so many Americans have of the United Kingdom--that it’s bobbies, beefeaters, double-deck buses and Shakespeare. . . . It’s very much a multiracial, multicultural society,” Joseph said.

Performances include the a cappella women’s group Black Voices; a seminar on black British cinema; performances by Leeds’ Phoenix Dance Company, which features British artists of Afro-Caribbean descent; Spanish and English performances of “The Merchant of Venice” by Will & Company, and a collaboration between the Glasgow Print Studio and Self-Help Graphics of East Los Angeles.

The following are highlights of the schedule being released by UK/LA 1994 today. For complete information or to order a brochure, call (213) 688-ARTS.

FILM

Monty Python: Lust for Glory! Classic favorites and rarities from the Pythons, collectively and individually. Includes screenings of Pythons’ films, television projects and a 12-hour Python-a-thon. Members of Monty Python and its extended family are scheduled to appear for post-screening discussions. Directors Guild Theatre, Sept. 9-13.

Premiere of Kenneth Branagh’s “Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein.” On Nov. 1; venue to be announced.

Salute to the British Expatriate in Hollywood. Film clips and remembrances of such British luminaries as Charlie Chaplin, Cary Grant and Alfred Hitchcock. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Samuel Goldwyn Theatre, Oct. 27.

British Literature on Film. Classic films from classic sources. Oct. 7: “Wuthering Heights” and “Jane Eyre” with guest appearance by Margaret O’Brien. Oct. 8: ‘My Fair Lady” and “Pygmalion.” Oct. 14: “To Catch a Thief” and “Murder on the Orient Express.” Oct. 15: “The Prince and the Showgirl” and “Blithe Spirit.” Oct. 21: “A Tale of Two Cities” and “White Cliffs of Dover,” with guest appearance by Roddy McDowall. Oct. 22: “Lloyd’s of London” and “The Keys of the Kingdom.” Oct. 28: “Henry V” and “Richard III.” Oct. 29: “A Man for All Seasons” and “The Lion in Winter.” Other films and guests to be announced. L.A. County Museum of Art, Bing Theater, Oct. 7-Nov. 26.

British Advertising Broadcast Awards. Britain’s equivalent of the Clio Awards, more than 50 works chosen from commercials created in Britain in 1993. L.A. County Museum of Art, Bing Theater, Oct. 1.

Reflections: 100 Years of British Film. A whirlwind tribute to British cinema, comprising excerpts from 220 films, including “The Red Shoes,” “The Bridge on the River Kwai,” “Chariots of Fire,” “Hamlet,” “Lawrence of Arabia,” “My Left Foot,” “Room at the Top.” At various venues throughout the festival.

Wales Days at the American Film Institute. Featured event is the showing of “Hedd Wyn,” Wales’ 1994 Academy Award nominee for best foreign language film. Schedule: Sept. 17: “Cwm Hyfryd,” animated short films and “One Full Moon.” Sept. 24: “Morphine and Dolly Mixtures,” animated shorts and “Hedd Wyn.” American Film Institute, Mark Goodson Screening Room.

Scottish Film Retrospective. A decade of Scottish cinema. Oct. 21: “The Blue Boy,” and a short film, “Franz Kafka’s It’s a Wonderful Life.” Oct. 22: “As an Eilean” (From the Island); “Creatures of Light,” and a short film, “Sealladh” (The Vision). Other films to be shown through Nov. 13.

Directors Guild Theatre.

New Directions in Black British Cinema. The program includes panel discussions, four short films and a screening of “Welcome to the Terradome,” the newest film by Ngozi Onwurah. Laemmle Sunset 5 Theatre, Oct. 14.

A Tribute to Britain’s Channel Four. This tribute features a sneak preview of Ken Loach’s “Ladybird, Ladybird” and the late Dennis Potter’s “Lipstick on Your Collar.” Directors Guild Theatre, Sept. 30-Oct. 2.

Alfred Hitchcock’s “Blackmail.” The rare 1929 silent film, in a print restored by the British Film Institute, features a new score performed live by the Matrix Ensemble. Cal Tech, Beckman Auditorium, Pasadena, Oct. 13.

THEATER

Royal National Theatre, “Racing Demon,” by David Hare, Ahmanson at the Doolittle Theatre, Oct. 2-23.

Royal Shakespeare Company, “Henry VI: The Battle for the Throne,” by William Shakespeare, Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts, Nov. 2-6.

Stomp, UCLA Wadsworth Theater, grounds of the Veterans Administration, West L.A., Sept. 30-Oct. 23.

“Alfie,” by Bill Naughton, starring Adam Faith, Tiffany Theatre, Oct. 6-Nov. 27.

3x3: Great Solo Performances. Lynn Redgrave, “Shakespeare for My Father”; Miriam Margolyes, “Dickens’ Women”; Steven Berkoff, “One Man.” UCLA, Freud Playhouse, Oct. 7-17.

Will & Company, “The Merchant of Venice,” by William Shakespeare, in English and Spanish. L.A. Theatre Center, Oct. 7-31.

The Actors’ Gang, A Grand Guignol “Titus Andronicus,” by William Shakespeare, the Actors’ Gang Theater, Oct. 15-Nov. 19.

“The Tale of Beatrix Potter.” Rohan McCullough’s one-woman show, California Institute of Technology, Dabney Hall, Oct. 21.

MUSIC

Halle Orchestra, Hollywood Bowl, Sept. 6-10.

Chandos Baroque Players, Ritz-Carlton Huntington Hotel, Pasadena, Nov. 8.

London Chamber Orchestra, USC Bovard Auditorium, Oct. 26.

Royal Northern College of Music, USC Bing Auditorium, Sept. 21-25.

Black Voices, L.A. County Museum of Art, Bing Theater, Oct. 23; Vision Complex, Crossroads Education and Arts Center, Oct. 28-29; Veteran’s Wadsworth Theater-UCLA, Oct. 30.

Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, conducted by Sir Neville Marriner, Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts, Sept. 25.

Len Graham and Cathal McConnell, performing traditional music from Northern Ireland. Woman’s 20th Century Club, Eagle Rock, Sept. 18.

Martin Jones, piano, L.A. County Museum of Art, Bing Theater, Oct. 30.

Ian Bostridge, tenor, and Andrew West, piano, L.A. County Museum of Art, Bing Theater, Oct. 2.

Andrew West, piano, L.A. County Museum of Art, Bing Theater, Oct. 9.

‘Visit With George Martin and ‘Sgt. Pepper.’ ” A rare close-up with legendary record producer George Martin, the man behind the Beatles’ hit albums, including “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band.” With never-before-seen footage. Venue to be announced. Nov. 5.

Dame Moura Lympany , piano, Ambassador Auditorium, Pasadena, Oct. 5.

“London Follies,” London Player’s Theatre, Ambassador Auditorium, Pasadena, Oct. 8-9.

DANCE

Phoenix Dance Company, El Camino College, Marsee Auditorium, Sept. 30; Cal State L.A., Harriet and Charles Luckman Fine Arts Complex, Oct. 1-2.

OPERA

L.A. Music Center Opera, “Xerxes” by George Frederic Handel, Music Center, Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Oct. 29-Nov. 5.

Long Beach Opera, “Dido and Aeneas” by Henry Purcell and “Riders to the Sea” by Ralph Vaughan Williams, Cal State Long Beach, Richard and Karen Carpenter Performing Arts Center, Oct. 16-22.

VISUAL ARTS

Richard Wilson, Museum of Contemporary Art, Oct. 16-Jan. 1, 1995.

“Decomposition: Constructed Photography in Britain,” Frederick R. Weisman Museum of Art, Pepperdine University, Oct. 8-Nov. 27.

“Sceptered Aisles: The British Monarchy and the Cinema.” An exhibition of movie stills, posters, costumes and other materials from films depicting the life and times of the British Crown. L.A. County Museum of Art, Bing Theater, Oct. 1-29.

William Blake’s Illuminated Prints, Huntington Library Art Collections and Botanical Gardens, San Marino, Sept. 27-Jan. 15, 1995.

R.B. Kitaj: A Retrospective, L.A. County Museum of Art, Oct. 23-Jan. 8, 1995.

David Nash, Santa Monica Museum of Art, Sept. 17-Oct. 30.

“Expatriates: UK Artists Living in L.A.” includes four shows: Douglas Ettridge Retrospective Exhibition, Museum of Flying, Santa Monica, Oct. 27-Nov. 7; Deryck Healey Exhibition, Koplin Gallery, Santa Monica, Sept. 10-Oct. 8; Boyd Webb Exhibition, Ruth Bloom Gallery, Santa Monica, Oct. 13-Nov. 13, and “Expatriates: UK Artists Living in L.A.,” with works by David Hockney, Graham Nash, Carole Abrams, Tony Longson and John Rose. Boritzer/Gray/Hamano Gallery, Santa Monica, Sept. 10-Oct. 15.

TELEVISION

A marathon of British mysteries, thrillers and classic PBS miniseries, KCET, Sept. 10-11.

GRAPHICS AND ARCHITECTURE

Self-Help Graphics & Glasgow Print Studio Collabration, Self-Help Graphics, East Los Angeles, Oct. 2-14.

Adel Rootstein Exhibition. The superstar of display mannequins. Designs and model sculptures from 1960 to the present. Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising, Gallery, Sept. 28-Nov. 7.

Contemporary British Architecture, Pacific Design Center, Center Blue Galleria, Floor 5, Sept. 12-Nov. 4.

SPECIAL EVENTS

Prince’s Trust Benefit Concert. The first time this charity concert event, which typically features a roster of pop superstars, has been presented in the United States. Universal Amphitheatre. Date and program to be announced.

U.S. Royal Institution Lectures: The Cosmic Onion. Physicist Frank Close’s lectures trace 100 years of discovery about the origin of the universe with the aid of dramatic demonstrations and special apparatus. The lectures “make science come alive for students of all ages.” USC Bovard Auditorium, Oct. 3-4.

RADIO

L.A. Theatre Works, KCRW and the BBC join together for a series of radio drama collaborations to be broadcast over BBC Radio 4, BBC World Service and KCRW 89.9 FM:

* “The Devil’s Disciple,” by George Bernard Shaw, with Edward Asner, Marian Mercer, Judge Reinhold and JoBeth Williams. The play will be recorded before an audience at Guest Quarters Suite Hotel, Santa Monica, Oct. 26-29 at 8 p.m. Airs Nov. 5 at 6:30 p.m.

* Three Hotels,” by Jon Robin Baitz, with Christine Lahti and Ron Rifkin, airs Oct. 15 at 6:30 p.m.

* “The Woman Who Laughed,” by Joyce Carol Oates, with Edward Asner, Lindsay Crouse and Harold Gould, airs Oct. 2 at 6:30 p.m.

* “Julius Caesar,” with Richard Dreyfuss, Charles Durning, Mel Gibson, Kelsey Grammer and Stacy Keach, air date to be announced.

* The BBC Plays L.A. on KCRW. Mysteries, dramas, comedies and special programs. KCRW-FM (89.9), Saturday evenings at 6:30, Sept. 3-Nov. 5.

OTHER ACTIVITIES

UK/LA’s Opening Celebration. The Lord Mayor of London and L.A. Mayor Richard Riordan welcome festival performers. Music, art, British food and a little Shakespeare. California Plaza Watercourt, Sept. 8.