Category Archives: Adaptations

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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A Norwegian Review of Waugh’s Career

Posted on August 27, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

The latest issue of Agenda Magasin (a Norwegian language journal) includes an extended esaay on the career of Evelyn Waugh and his literary legacy in Norway. This is by Ivar Dale and is written on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of … Continue reading →

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D&F Filming Moves to Winchester

Posted on August 23, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

The Southern Daily Echo, a local paper that covers Hampshire, reports that the crew filming the BBC adaptation of Waugh’s novel Decline and Fall has moved from Cardiff to Winchester and is filming on location at Winchester College. According to … Continue reading →

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Metropolitan Papers Continue to Trail D&F Production

Posted on August 21, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

The Daily Mail has published more photos from the Welsh location setting of the BBC’s production of Waugh’s novel Decline & Fall. Most of these feature Eva Longoria between takes as Margot Beste-Chetwynde, but there are also several of Jake … Continue reading →

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Vogue Revisits Brideshead

Posted on August 13, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

Hamish Bowles, European editor for the American edition of Vogue, recently revisited Castle Howard and wrote about it in an article appearing in the current issue of the magazine. He describes his early visit as a child with his father … Continue reading →

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Waugh in the Daily Mail

Posted on August 12, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

Evelyn Waugh rates two mentions in this week’s issues of the Daily Mail. Gossip columnist Ephraim Hardcastle has this takeaway from Philip Eade’s biography: Was literary giant Evelyn Waugh, who died in 1966 aged 62, a paedophile? According to a … Continue reading →

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