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Category Archives: Adaptations
Scoop TV Film To Be Aired
The 1987 TV film of Scoop will be available for streaming starting 11 December on Acorn TV. The script is by novelist William Boyd and is based on Evelyn Waugh’s 1938 novel which satirizes Fleet Street journalism. Outstanding performances include … Continue reading
Waugh Story on BBC Radio
BBC Radio 4 Extra will broadcast an adaptation of Waugh’s short story “Mr. Loveday’s Little Outing.” This will be a 45-minute performance transmitted tomorrow (Wednesday, 11 November) at 11:15 and 21:15 British time. It will be available on the internet shortly after the … Continue reading
Posted in Mr. Loveday's Little Outing, Radio
Tagged BBC Radio 4 Extra
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Stage Adaptation of Brideshead to Premiere Next Spring
The York Theatre Royal has announced the premiere of an adaptation of Brideshead Revisited next April following a 4.1 million pound redevelopment of its facilities. The script is by Wakefield playwright Bryony Lavery and the production will be directed by … Continue reading
Posted in Brideshead Revisited, Theater
Tagged Bryony Lavery, Damian Cruden, English Touring Company, York Theatre Royal
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Tab Hunter and The Loved One
A Houston blogger (Joe Leydon) has posted a story in which he explains how the career of veteran film star Tab Hunter (whom he met at at Houston conference earlier this year) was saved by a role in the film of Waugh’s … Continue reading
Posted in Adaptations, Film, The Loved One
Tagged Tab Hunter
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Review of The Loved One DVD
A Connecticut-based newspaper weblog contains a feature-length article that is essentially a review of the DVD of the 1965 film based on Waugh’s novella, The Loved One (1948). The review concludes that the film begins well with the early scenes satirizing … Continue reading
Posted in Film, The Loved One
Tagged Mischief in the Sun, Robert Murray Davis
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2001 Sword of Honour Starring Daniel Craig on Acorn TV
William Boyd’s 2001 television adaptation of [easyazon_link identifier=”B000GYI3D6″ locale=”US” tag=”theevewausoc-20″]Sword of Honour[/easyazon_link] is currently showing on Acorn TV (“[t]he best British TV streaming on demand”) in the United States and Canada. The two-episode show stars Daniel Craig as Guy Crouchback. … Continue reading
Posted in Adaptations, Brideshead Revisited, Scoop, Sword of Honour, Television
Tagged Acorn TV, Daniel Craig, William Boyd
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Daily Telegraph Lists Brideshead as a Top ITV Production
The Daily Telegraph last week marked the 60th anniversary of ITV by asking its critics to name their favorites among the network’s programs. Granada TV’s 1981 production of Brideshead Revisited was ranked number 8: This sumptuous adaptation of Evelyn Waugh’s novel … Continue reading
Posted in Anniversaries, Brideshead Revisited, Scoop, Television
Tagged Daily Telegraph, ITV 60th Anniversary, William Boyd
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Waugh Cited in Latest Cameron Dispute
In today’s Guardian, there is a discussion of the allegations that David Cameron was a member of a secret Oxford club called the Piers Gaveston Society. It was founded in 1977 and named for Edward’s II’s lover. These stories have been … Continue reading
Posted in Brideshead Revisited, Decline and Fall, Oxford, Television
Tagged Bullingdon Club, David Cameron, Guardian, Oxford clubs, Piers Gaveston Society
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Debut Novel Inspired By Brideshead
Kate Scelsa, whose first novel has just been published, explains in yesterday’s Guardian how her book was inspired by Waugh’s Brideshead Revisited. She was given the book by a college housemate but read it only several years later. As a … Continue reading
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Tagged Guardian, Kate Scelsa
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V&A Reunites Brideshead
Last night at the Victoria & Albert Museum there was a panel discussion relating to the Granada TV 1980s production of Brideshead Revisited. The panel included actors Diana Quick (Julia Flyte) and Nicholas Grace (Anthony Blanche) as well as Derek … Continue reading
Posted in Brideshead Revisited, Discussions, Television
Tagged Derek Granger, Diana Quick, Giles Ramsay, Granada TV, Nickolas Grace, V&A Museum
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