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Category Archives: Film
Evelyn Waugh and Film
In advance of his appearance at next week’s From Page to Screen festival in Bridport, Dorset (see previous post), Alexander Waugh was interviewed by Ines Cavill regarding his grandfather’s attitude to film. The article by Cavill based on the interview is posted below … Continue reading
Posted in A Handful of Dust, Alexander Waugh, Brideshead Revisited, Decline and Fall, Festivals, Film, Television, The Loved One, The Ordeal of Gilbert Pinfold, Vile Bodies
Tagged Bridport, Charles Sturridge, From Page to Screen Film Festival, Ines Cavill
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More Waugh Events Announced at West Country Festival
Additional Waugh-related events have been announced for the upcoming From Page to Screen festival in Bridport, Dorset. See earlier post. Most important, Charle Sturridge, festival curator and a director of the 1981 Granada TV production of Brideshead Revisted, has invited Evelyn Waugh’s grandson, … Continue reading
Posted in A Handful of Dust, Adaptations, Alexander Waugh, Brideshead Revisited, Festivals, Film, Television, The Loved One
Tagged Bridport Film Festival, Charles Sturridge, Claire Bloom, Dorset Echo
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Adapter of Brideshead Film Profiled in Independent
Andrew Davies, probably the most prominent adapter of books into TV series is profiled in a recent issue of the Independent newspaper. This article is inspired by his latest script which adapted Tolstoy’s War and Peace into a 6-hour series on … Continue reading
Posted in Brideshead Revisited, Film, Television
Tagged Andrew Davies, BBC, Independent newspaper, War and Peace
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Brideshead in “Yorkshirewood”
The Yorkshire Post in a recent article recounts the large number of films and TV series that have been set or filmed in Yorkshire, giving much of the credit for this to an agency called Screen Yorkshire. The most recent … Continue reading
Posted in Adaptations, Brideshead Revisited, Film, Television
Tagged Castle Howard, Yorkshire Post
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The Loved One Named in Best-of-Century Film List
The filmblog Zekefilm has compiled a list of notable films from the past hundred years dating back to 1915. It names a film released in the mid year of each decade. The idea seems to be to offer a representative and interesting … Continue reading
Posted in Adaptations, Film, The Loved One
Tagged Tony Richardson, Zekefilm
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Waugh Anniversary Events Announced
The University of Leicester has announced the details of the first in what will be of a series of events to mark the 50th anniversary of Evelyn Waugh’s death in 1966. These include a monthly book group session starting on Monday 18 January. This will … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Anniversaries, Brideshead Revisited, Decline and Fall, Film
Tagged University of Leicester
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Brideshead Again Named One of Top TV Period Dramas
British internet and cable service provider, BT TV, has issued a list of what it considers the top TV period drama series. Granada’s Brideshead Revisited production for ITV is one of those listed. Among other British productions on BT’s list of the top … Continue reading
Posted in Brideshead Revisited, Film
Tagged BT TV
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Battle at “Brideshead”
The Sunday Telegraph and Mail on Sunday both carry reports of a sibling battle at Castle Howard over the running and occupancy of the estate. The North Yorkshire estate was the setting for both film adaptations of Waugh’s novel Brideshead Revisited. Waugh himself had … Continue reading
Posted in Brideshead Revisited, Diaries, Film, Television
Tagged Castle Howard, Inheritance
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50th Anniversary Presentation of The Loved One
Two Los Angeles organizations earlier this month jointly sponsored a 50th anniversary showing of the 1965 film adaptation of Waugh’s The Loved One. This took place at the Egyptian Theater in Hollywood on 7 December 2015. The sponsors were the American Cinematheque … Continue reading
Posted in Anniversaries, Events, Film, The Loved One
Tagged American Cinematheque, Egyptian Theater, LA Conservancy, Robert Morse
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Brideshead Among Forerunners of Gay Lit Opening
In today’s Independent, Boyd Tonkin identifies Patricia Highsmith’s novel on which the new film Carol is based as an early example of ground-breaking gay literature. The Lesbian romance was originally published in 1952 as The Price of Salt but under a pseudonym … Continue reading
Posted in Brideshead Revisited, Film
Tagged Boyd Tonkin, Independent newspaper, Patricia Highsmith
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