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Category Archives: Adaptations
BBC 1967 Adaptation of “Sword of Honour” Now Available
There is an announcement on YouTube of the availability for home viewing of the three 90-minute episodes of the BBC’s 1967 Theatre 625 adaptation of Waugh’s war trilogy Sword of Honour. The adaptation was written by Giles Cooper and directed … Continue reading
Posted in Adaptations, Sword of Honour, Television, World War II
Tagged BBC, Theatre 625
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Memorial Day Roundup
–The Atlantic Monthly has reposted its issue for September 1956. This contains Waugh’s article entitled “Max Beerbohm: A Lesson in Manners”. This was a reprint of the article that had earlier appeared in the Sunday Times. It was a memorial … Continue reading
Posted in Adaptations, Brideshead Revisited, Newspapers, Oxford, Radio Programs, Scoop, Television
Tagged BBC, Gavin Millar, Newsmax, Oxford Mail, Penguin Books, The Atlantic Monthly, The Times
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Toffs Floribundi: Costume Drama, Oxford and Brexit
–On the occasion on the release of a new Downton Abbey film, The Times has devoted several articles to the costume drama as a genre. These begin with Robert Crampton defining the genre. From his perspective, a costume drama must … Continue reading
Posted in Adaptations, Brideshead Revisited, Internet, Newspapers, Oxford
Tagged Simon Kuper, The Times, UnHerd.com
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May Day Roundup
–The second part of Alexander Larman’s centenary recognition of Kingsley Amis has appeared in this month’s regular issue of The Critic. See previous post. He starts with an amusing description of Amis’s somewhat ramshackle acceptance of his Booker Prize for … Continue reading
Posted in Adaptations, Newspapers, Scoop, The Loved One, Vile Bodies, Waugh in Abyssinia
Tagged Alan Bennett, Daily Mail, Daily Telegraph, Gavin Millar, Guardian, The Critic, The Jacobin
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New Brideshead Adaptation “Shelved”
According to the entertainment news website IndieWire, Luca Guadagnino has confirmed in an interview that the planned TV series remake of Brideshead Revisited has been shelved. Here’s an excerpt from the story by Samantha Bergeson: …director Guadagnino […] confirmed that … Continue reading
Posted in Adaptations, Brideshead Revisited, Television
Tagged IndieWire, Luca Guadagnino, Theplaylist.net
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Derek Granger: This Sunday in Eastbourne
Derek Granger, producer of the Granada TV series Brideshead Revisited will appear this Sunday, 24 April at 2 pm in Eastbourne College. He is 101 tomorrow, Saturday, 23 April. He will be in conversation with David Grindley at Eastbourne. Here … Continue reading
Posted in A Handful of Dust, Adaptations, Anniversaries, Brideshead Revisited, Events
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Robert Morse (1931-2022) R.I.P.
American actor Robert Morse has died at the age of 90 at his home in Los Angeles. He is best known in this parish as the actor who played the role of Dennis Barlow in the 1960’s Hollywood adaptation of … Continue reading
Posted in Adaptations, Film, Newspapers, The Loved One
Tagged New York Times, Robert Morse
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Tax Day Roundup
–Writing in The Tablet, former Anglican priest Chris Moody provides a remembrance of Septimus Waugh. He begins by recounting a visit, shortly before Septimus’s recent death, where Moody showed him the photo of his latest work as installed in an … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Adaptations, Brideshead Revisited, Newspapers, The Loved One
Tagged 25yearslatersite.com, Commonwealth Essays and Studies, Daily Telegraph, Los Angeles Times, Pauline Melville, Septimus Waugh, The Tablet
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Early April Roundup
–In the Daily Telegraph, Rupert Christiansen has reviewed Daisy Dunn’s previously mentioned new book Not Far from Brideshead. The review is entitled “The Greats [sic] and the good at Oxford.” Here’s an excerpt: …Dunn writes with intelligence and verve, but … Continue reading
The Loved One in Italy
A review of The Loved One has appeared in the Italian language religious website Radio Spada. This is by Luca Fumagalli who has been working his way through Waugh’s oeuvre as well as that of his contemporaries. This latest installment … Continue reading
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Tagged Radio Spada
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