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Category Archives: Brideshead Revisited
D J Taylor Anticipates New TV Adaptation in Guardian
Critic and novelist D J Taylor has written an article expressing somewhat nervous anticipation in advance of next week’s premier of BBC’s three-episode version of Decline and Fall. It appears in the Guardian and is entitled “Would Evelyn Waugh have approved of the … Continue reading
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Tagged BBC, D.J.Taylor, Guardian, James Wood
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Granada Brideshead Among Telegraph’s Top 50 TV Programs
A panel of Daily Telegraph journalists has compiled a list of the top 50 British TV programs of all time. Not surprisingly, the 1981 Granada TV production of Brideshead Revisited for ITV makes the list: This sumptuous adaptation of Evelyn … Continue reading
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Tagged British TV, Daily Telegraph, Granada TV, Top 50 Programs
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Norwegian Translation (More)
The translator of the 1959 version of Brideshead Revisited into Norwegian has responded to our posting on the review of that book in Aftenposten. See earlier post. The response is copied below: From: Johanne Fronth-Nygren <(click to email)>Date: Mar 22, … Continue reading
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Tagged Johanne Fronth-Nygren, Norwegian translation
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Doreen Jones (1941-2017): Casting Director of Granada Brideshead
Doreen Jones who was casting director of Granada TV’s 1981 adaptation of Brideshead Revisited has died at the age of 76. Her obituary in the Guardian is written by Derek Granger who was producer of the series. Although she is … Continue reading
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Tagged Derek Granger, Doreen Jones, Guardian, Obituaries
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New Norwegian Translation of Brideshead
The Norwegian newspaper Aftenposten has published a review of a new Norwegian translation of Brideshead Revisited (“Gjensyn sed Brideshead“). The translation is by Johanne Fronth-Nygren and is based on Waugh’s 1959 revision of the text. The book is published by Gyldendal. … Continue reading
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Tagged Aftenposten, Johanne Fronth-Nygren, Translations (Norwegian).
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Brideshead Lecture Online
Fr Robert Lauder, priest in the Diocese of Brooklyn who teaches literature at St John’s University, has given a lecture on Brideshead Revisited that is now available online. Click here. The lecture is part of a series on the Catholic Novel … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Brideshead Revisited, Catholicism, Lectures, Television, Television Programs
Tagged Fr Robert Lauder, The Catholic Novel
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Rex Mottram and Scott-King Reconsidered
In blogpost on the religious website Patheos, Tod Worner undertakes a review of the career of Rex Mottram and offers the results of his project in this conclusion: As I revisited Brideshead Revisited and the story of Rex Mottram, I … Continue reading
Posted in Brideshead Revisited, Evelyn Waugh, Scott-King's Modern Europe
Tagged Patheos, Rex Motrram, Tod Worner
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Telegraph Makes Literary Tour of Stately Homes
In today’s Property section of the Daily Telegraph, there is a discussion of a tour of stately homes that have a literary connection. This is by Eleanor Doughty, known to this parish as a Waugh fan. She starts with a … Continue reading
Posted in Adaptations, Black Mischief, Brideshead Revisited, Film, Letters, Newspapers
Tagged Blackpool Gazete, Daily Telegraph, Eleanor Doughty, Henry de Vere Clifton, Lytham Hall, Madresfield Court, Malvern Gazette, Stonyhurst
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Jonkers Issue Waugh Catalogue
Jonkers Books of Henley-on-Thames have issued a 70-page illustrated catalogue exclusively devoted to books and writings by Evelyn Waugh and his friends. Here’s a link to the online edition which is limited to books or other writings by Waugh or to which he … Continue reading
Posted in Brideshead Revisited, Items for Sale, Unconditional Surrender/The End of the Battle, World War II
Tagged Bill Deakin, Fitzroy Maclean, Jonkers Books, Yugoslavia
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El Pais Chronicles Brideshead TV Generation
A feature article in the Spanish language newspaper El Pais chronicles the generation of party goers inspired by the 1981 Granada TV adaptation of Brideshead Revisited: In his first scene, Sebastian appears vomiting through an open window. Margaret Thatcher had been living in Downing … Continue reading
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