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Category Archives: Adaptations
Evelyn Waugh and “Sylvia Scarlett”
The Turner Classic Movies channel will tomorrow broadcast the 1935 George Cukor adaptation of Compton MacKenzie’s 1918 novel The Early Life and Adventures of Sylvia Scarlett. Waugh came close to adapting the screenplay for the film. According to TCM’s notes … Continue reading
Posted in Adaptations, Evelyn Waugh, Film, Interviews, Television Programs
Tagged George Cukor, John Collier, Turner Classic Movies
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V-E Day Roundup
–As the observance of the 75th anniversary of V-E Day approaches, the Daily Mail has posted in a slide show a collection of 1945 events that seemed to presage a return to a social system where class status was again … Continue reading
Posted in A Handful of Dust, Anniversaries, Brideshead Revisited, Film, Newspapers, Ninety-Two Days, World War II
Tagged Cherwell, Daily Mail, Duncan McLaren, Tatler, V-E Day
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A Handful of Dust on BBC Radio 4
The BBC will rebroadcast a 1996 two-hour adaptation of Waugh’s 1934 novel A Handful of Dust. According to the Daily Mail Weekend Magazine radio listings: The critics gave the thumbs down to this Evelyn Waugh novel when it was published … Continue reading
Posted in A Handful of Dust, Adaptations, Newspapers, Radio Programs
Tagged BBC, Daily Mail, National Review
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The Brideshead Effect
In an article primarily devoted to the new Julian Fellowes dramatic series Belgravia that started a few weeks ago on ITV, The Herald (Scotland) also considers the effect successful costume dramas may have beyond the world of entertainment. As its … Continue reading
Posted in Brideshead Revisited, Newspapers, Television
Tagged Adamah Media, Cherwell, Coutts, Gentleman's Journal, Harper's Bazaar, InsideHook.com, The Herald (Scotland), Vogue, Winnipeg Free Press
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The Oldie Returns to Brideshead
In its latest issue, The Oldie’s two cover stories are grouped together as “Return to Brideshead: From the film set to the smart set”. They are intended to mark the 75th anniversary of the novel’s publication as a book in May 1945. One … Continue reading
Posted in Adaptations, Anniversaries, Brideshead Revisited, Newspapers, Television, Waugh Family
Tagged Nicholas Grace, Selina Hastings, The Oldie
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Evelyn Waugh Studies 50.3 (Winter 2019)
The Winter 2019 issue of the Society’s journal Evelyn Waugh Studies No. 50.3 has been issued. It is posted at this link. The contents are set out below: ARTICLES “Evelyn Waugh, Brideshead and Castle Howard” by Jeffrey Manley INTRODUCTION Castle … Continue reading
Posted in Adaptations, Brideshead Revisited, Evelyn Waugh Studies, Film, Television, World War II
Tagged Castle Howard, D.J.Taylor
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Spring Equinox Roundup
–Several publications have posted recommended binge reading and watching for the homebound during the Wuhan coronavirus shut-down. Many of these include books or adaptations of books by Waugh: —The Guardian produced a list of 50 of the “Best Binge Watches: … Continue reading
Posted in Adaptations, Brideshead Revisited, Decline and Fall, Newspapers, Ninety-Two Days
Tagged Forbes magazine, Guardian, Lucire magazine, mancunianmatters.co.uk, Sunday Times
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Shrove Tuesday Roundup
–The BBC has announced plans to release a collection of audio recordings of Jeremy Front’s radio adaptations of several works by Evelyn Waugh. This will include Brideshead Revisited and Decline and Fall as well as several others not identified specifically … Continue reading
Posted in A Handful of Dust, Adaptations, Audiobooks, Brideshead Revisited, Decline and Fall, Newspapers, Radio Programs, Scoop, Sword of Honour, Vile Bodies
Tagged BBC Radio, Daily Mail, Daily Telegraph, Guardian, LitHub.com, Sally Rooney, The Times
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Upcoming Waugh Events
Two Waugh-related events have been announced for late next month. Unfortunately, they occur on the same day but do not necessarily conflict: –The Complete Works of Evelyn Waugh Project in Leicester has announced a reading from a new play based … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Brideshead Revisited, Complete Works, Events, Festivals, Oxford, Theater
Tagged D.J.Taylor, Loughborough, Sophie Swithinbank
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Pre-Valentine Roundup
–Duncan McLaren has added a new Waugh chum in his descriptions of “visitors” to the Castle Howard Brideshead Festival. This is Patrick Balfour who was a friend of Waugh from his Oxford days. They remained friends until Waugh’s death. Balfour … Continue reading
Posted in A Handful of Dust, Brideshead Revisited, Diaries, Newspapers, Oxford, Sword of Honour, Theater
Tagged Catholic Herald, Daily Telegraph, Guyana, Oxford Mail, Patrick Balfour, The Spectator, Wall Street Journal
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