Category Archives: Adaptations

New Novel with Brideshead Theme

Posted on November 15, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

A new novel has a Brideshead theme. This is the third novel by Francesca Kay, whose first two were also well received. This one is entitled The Long Room and, according to a review by Max Davidson in the Mail … Continue reading →

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Memoir of Brideshead TV Film in Vanity Fair

Posted on November 4, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

Michael Lindsay-Hogg, the original director of the 1981 Granada TV film production of Brideshead Revisited, has written a memoir of his experience. This is published in the current issue of Vanity Fair magazine and is entitled “Inside the Making of … Continue reading →

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Brideshead Reconfectioned

Posted on October 23, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

The Daily Mail has run a story (“It’s the Great Brideshead Bake Off!”) about a project by the new occupants of Castle Howard to remake the building in the form of a cake in an effort to promote Christmas season … Continue reading →

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Death Announced of Wodehouse Society Founder

Posted on October 20, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

Lt-Col Norman Murphy, who founded the British branch of the P G Wodehouse Society, has died at the age of 83. According to the Telegraph, Murphy was a literary sleuth whose researches over four decades showed that Wodehouse’s 98 comic … Continue reading →

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Evelyn Waugh, Henry Green and Terry Southern

Posted on October 10, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

In the latest issue of the New Yorker, there is an interesting article (“The Novelist of Human Unknowability”) about Henry Green written by London-based literary critic Leo Robson. The article is built around the friendship between Green and US writer Terry … Continue reading →

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Curbed @ Forest Lawn

Posted on October 4, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

The real estate blog network, Curbed, has issued its latest Pocket Guide to Los Angeles. This may be of interest to those of you planning to attend the Evelyn Waugh Conference next spring at the Huntington Library near Pasadena. The … Continue reading →

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BBC Rebroadcasts Brideshead Radio Adaptation

Posted on October 3, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

BBC Radio 4 Extra will rebroadcast the 4-episode series of Brideshead Revisited starting tomorrow (Tuesday, 4 October) at 10am. Each episode is 1 hour, and they will be broadcast on successive days at the same time each day until the … Continue reading →

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Jeremy Irons at BAFTA Session

Posted on September 14, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

A report on actor Jeremy Iron’s recent appearance at BAFTA’s “Life in Pictures” series is posted on IndieWire. See also earlier post. In reviewing his career, Irons suggests that his selection as Charles Ryder in Granada’s 1981 TV adaptation of Brideshead Revisited, … Continue reading →

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Radio Times Article on 1967 BBC TV Adaptation

Posted on September 14, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

The director of the BBC’s 1967 TV adaptation of Waugh’s Sword of Honour wrote an article in Radio Times on the occasion of its rebroadcast in November 1968. Donald McWhinnie, “Three From Evelyn Waugh,” Radio Times, 28 November 1968, p. … Continue reading →

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Fr. Gene D. Phillips, S.J., R.I.P.

Posted on September 1, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

The Jesuits Midwest  has announced the death on Monday, 29 August, of noted Waugh scholar Fr. Gene D. Phillips who was an ordained Roman Catholic priest and a member of the Jesuit order. He held a PhD in English Literature from Fordham University and … Continue reading →

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