Category Archives: Adaptations

Decline and Fall to be Shown in Overseas Markets

Posted on June 23, 2017 by Jeffrey Manley

BBC First has announced that it will screen its recent adaptation of Decline and Fall in several overseas markets beginning in August. The announcement appears in online TV listing service TVTonite. BBC First is a TV subscription service which operates in markets … Continue reading →

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Waugh and Wales and Fashion

Posted on June 21, 2017 by Jeffrey Manley

A recent article in the TLS entitled “Do the Welsh Just Sing?” by Samuel Graydon opens with a quote from Decline and Fall: “The Welsh . . . are the only nation in the world that has produced no graphic or … Continue reading →

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Waugh Conference at Gerald Brenan House in Malaga

Posted on June 16, 2017 by Jeffrey Manley

The Gerald Brenan House in Malaga, Spain, has announced a one-day conference on Evelyn Waugh to take place a week from today on Friday 23 June. According to the Barcelona newspaper La Vanguardia, the conference will start with a showing of … Continue reading →

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Waugh Cited in Descriptions of Tory Meeting

Posted on June 13, 2017 by Jeffrey Manley

Several news sources are quoting an unnamed Conservative MP who compared the recent meeting of the Party’s Parliamentary membership to a scene written by Evelyn Waugh. Sky News, for example, put it this way: In a scene one MP described as … Continue reading →

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Stephen Fry Film Compared to Waugh

Posted on June 4, 2017 by Jeffrey Manley

The Daily Mirror in a review of the film adaptation of Stephen Fry’s 1994 novel The Hippopotamus describe it as a “mildly successful hybrid of a film noir detective story and the novels of Evelyn Waugh.” They don’t much like what … Continue reading →

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Betjeman Play in West End

Posted on June 1, 2017 by Jeffrey Manley

The one-man play with Edward Fox portraying John Betjeman (“Sand in the Sandwiches”) opened its brief West End performance earlier this week at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket. The play premiered earlier this year in Oxford. See previous post. It is reviewed … Continue reading →

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Italian Review of Decline and Fall

Posted on May 28, 2017 by Jeffrey Manley

Radio Spada, the Roman Catholic news website based in Italy, has published a review by Luca Fumagalli of Waugh’s Decline and Fall (published in Italian as Declino e caduta). This review covers both the book and the recent BBC TV serial which … Continue reading →

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Decline and Fall in the National Review

Posted on May 24, 2017 by Jeffrey Manley

Kyle Smith, drama critic of the National Review, has written a favorable review of the recent TV adaptation of Waugh’s novel Decline and Fall. This is now running on what Smith describes as “the superb streaming service Acorn TV, which … Continue reading →

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USA Premiere of Decline and Fall Today

Posted on May 15, 2017 by Jeffrey Manley

Acorn-TV is premiering the BBC’s adaptation of Waugh’s first novel Decline and Fall today. All three episodes are available now for streaming, and a free one-week trial is on offer for those who do not already have subscriptions. Here’s the link … Continue reading →

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Decline and Fall in the US Papers

Posted on May 14, 2017 by Jeffrey Manley

The TV Critic of the San Francisco Chronicle, David Weigand, has written a quite favorable review of the BBC’s adaptation of Decline and Fall which will debut tomorrow in the US: Biting wit and a farcically frothy plot make “Decline … Continue reading →

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