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Category Archives: Theater
Another Waugh Literary Debut
The Daily Mail in Richard Eden’s gossip column, reports the literary debut of another descendent of Evelyn Waugh: …Panda La Terriere, his great-granddaughter, has become the talk of the Edinburgh Fringe festival with a play she’s written about someone addicted … Continue reading
Posted in Auberon Waugh, Evelyn Waugh, Festivals, Newspapers, Theater
Tagged Daily Mail, Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Isle of Muck, Naomi Adedokun, Panda La Terriere
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Happy Warriors to Broadcast
A London theater website (mytheatremates.com) has announced that a performance of Happy Warriors, the play about Evelyn Waugh and Randolph Churchill in WWII Yugoslavia, will be recorded for broadcast. In connection with this, tickets for the performance on Friday, 13 … Continue reading
Posted in Evelyn Waugh, London, Television Programs, Theater, World War II
Tagged broadcast, Happy Warriors, James Hugh Macdonald, London Live, MyTheatreMates.com, Paul Vale, thestage.co.uk, Upstairs at the Gatehouse
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Yugoslavia and Ishmaelia
Dr Robert Hickson has posted another of his “essays” on Waugh’s life and works on the weblog catholicism.org. These should not be mistaken for religious dicussions but are rather compilations of writings from Waugh’s works or memoirs of his contemporaries … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Diaries, Evelyn Waugh, Humo(u)r, Scoop, Theater, World War II
Tagged Abyssinia, Erich Wagner, Happy Warriors, Randolph Churchill, Robert Hickson, Yugoslavia
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Review: Waugh at War
Milena Borden has reviewed the play Happy Warriors that opened last week in a North London theatre: James Macdonald’s new play staged in the Upstairs at The Gatehouse theatre is inspired by the Evelyn Waugh and Randolph Churchill’s Second World … Continue reading
Posted in Evelyn Waugh, Theater, World War II
Tagged Happy Warriors, James Macdonald, Randolph Churchill, Upstairs at the Gatehouse, Yugoslavia
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“Happy Warriors” Reviewed
The play now running at the Upstairs at the Gatehouse Theatre in Highgate involving Evelyn Waugh and Randolph Churchill in WWII Yugoslavia has been reviewed in London Theatre 1. The review is by Loretta Monaco and is, on the whole, … Continue reading
Posted in Evelyn Waugh, London, Theater, World War II
Tagged Happy Warriors, London Theatre 1, Loretta Monaco, Randolph Churchill
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Dramatist of WWII Yugoslavia Profiled
The Islington Tribune has published a profile of playwright James Hugh Macdonald. He has written a play called Happy Warriors based on the experience of Evelyn Waugh and Randolph Churchill in wartime Yugoslavia. (See previous posts.): James Hugh Macdonald, a … Continue reading
Posted in Auctions, Brideshead Revisited, Evelyn Waugh, Newspapers, Sword of Honour, Theater, World War II
Tagged Daily Telegraph, Islington Tribune, James Hugh Macdonald, Maurice Bowra, Plum Sykes
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North London Stage Production to Feature Evelyn Waugh
The Highgate, North London, theatre Upstairs at the Gatehouse has announced the premiere of a new play called Happy Warriors that will feature Evelyn Waugh as one of the principal characters. The script is by James Hugh Macdonald and is … Continue reading
Posted in Adaptations, Evelyn Waugh, London, Theater, World War II
Tagged James Hugh Macdonald, Rando;ph Churchill, Upstairs at the Gatehouse, Yugoslavia
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Waugh’s Helena at the Museum of the Bible
A new institution has opened in Washington, DC. This is the Museum of the Bible. It is spread over eight floors of a purpose built structure and is reviewed in the the conservative journal Washington Free Beacon by Micah Meadowcraft. … Continue reading
Posted in Adaptations, Brideshead Revisited, Helena, Newspapers, The Loved One, Theater
Tagged GlamAdelaide.com.au, Guardian, Irish Times, Stuff.co.nz, The Museum of the Bible, Washington Free Beacon
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Waugh Recommendation Resurfaces
An article posted on the booksblog The Literary Sisters recommends a 1953 novel which Evelyn Waugh had selected as a “best first novel” for 1953 in The Sunday Times: A largely forgotten novel now, Hugo Charteris’ A Share of the … Continue reading
Posted in Adaptations, Brideshead Revisited, Evelyn Waugh, Interviews, Newspapers, Radio Programs, Theater
Tagged Hugo Charteris, Radio Adelaide, The Literary Sisters, The Sunday Times, TLS
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Another Lygon and More Bridesheads
The Daily Mail has an article about a recently pubished diary kept by two early women undergraduates at St Hugh’s College, Oxford: Dorothy Hammonds and Margaret Mowll. Their diary starts in 1905 and describes the restricted lives of the Oxford … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Adaptations, Brideshead Revisited, Newspapers, Oxford, Theater
Tagged Daily Mail, Independent Theatre Adelaide, Lygon family, St Hugh's College, Tom Stoppard Arcadia, University of Louisiana Lafayette
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