Category Archives: Adaptations

BBC to Air New Waugh Biography

Posted on June 27, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

BBC Radio 4 will broadcast a reading of the new biography of Evelyn Waugh by Philip Eade in its Book of the Week series. The broadcast will be in 5 episodes starting next Monday, 4 July at 0945a (London time). The … Continue reading →

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Weekly Standard Reviews The Prose Factory

Posted on June 24, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

The US neoconservative journal The Weekly Standard in its latest issue has reviewed D J Taylor’s history of the English “man of letters” since World War I . See earlier posts. The book, entitled The Prose Factory, was published earlier … Continue reading →

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Film Inspired by Brideshead Revisited Released on DVD

Posted on June 23, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

The Bay Area Reporter, a San Francisco area weekly newspaper dedicated to reporting news of interest to the LGBT community, has reviewed a recent film entitled Those People. This has just been released on DVD and is “loosely based” on … Continue reading →

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Brideshead Reviewed in Oxford (More)

Posted on June 18, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

The Oxford Mail and other local papers have carried a report welcoming the stage adaptation of Brideshead Revisited back to its academic home. The report is accompanied by photos of members of the cast and crew in the dining hall … Continue reading →

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Brideshead Reviewed in Oxford

Posted on June 16, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

The traveling company performance of the stage adaptation of Brideshead Revisited opened earlier this week at the Oxford Playhouse where it is enjoying a one-week run. It is reviewed by John Charlton in Oxford Today, the online service of a group … Continue reading →

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BBC Announces Casting for Decline and Fall

Posted on June 12, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

The BBC Media Centre has announced final casting arrangements for its upcoming series Decline and Fall, based on Waugh’s first novel, in a release dated today. This confirms the selection of Jack Whitehall to play Paul Pennyfeather and Eva Longoria, Margot Beste-Chetwynde. … Continue reading →

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Brideshead Reviewed in Brighton (More)

Posted on June 11, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

Drama critic David Guest has reviewed the Brighton performance of Brideshead Revisited in the Chichester Observer. He found the production to be “undeniably brave but extremely bitty,” and that it might “make the audience feel that they are just mugging up … Continue reading →

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Brideshead Reviewed in Brighton

Posted on June 8, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

The Brideshead Revisited stage production opened earlier this week in Brighton and has been reviewed in today’s Brighton Argus. The review is by Neil Vowles who finds that the play falls short of expectations: Without Oxford, Venice or Brideshead’s grand architecture, and … Continue reading →

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Production to Start on BBC Decline and Fall Series

Posted on June 8, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

Production will start in Wales next month on the BBC’s three-part TV adaptation of Waugh’s first novel Decline and Fall. Comedian Jack Whitehall has already been signed to play Paul Pennyfeather and negotiations are nearly concluded with actress Eva Longoria … Continue reading →

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Brideshead Reviewed in Worcestershire (More)

Posted on June 4, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

The Redditch Advertiser and other local papers has published a review of the Malvern performance of the Brideshead Revisited stage production. This is by Alan Wallcroft who emphasizes that the performance in Malvern is a “nostalgic homecoming” for this story: which owes … Continue reading →

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