Category Archives: Brideshead Revisited

The Flytes Appear in Guardian’s “Families in Literature” Series

Posted on December 24, 2014 by Jeffrey Manley

The Guardian newspaper is this week running a series of articles on “Families in Literature.” Yesterday’s article, by Moira Redmond, is devoted to the Flyte family in Waugh’s Brideshead Revisited. Redmond focuses on the familiar theme that Sebastian is using … Continue reading →

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Previously Unknown Evelyn Waugh Letters for Sale at Bonhams

Posted on October 31, 2014 by Antony F. P. Vickery

Three previously unknown letters from Evelyn Waugh to his friend Eleanor Watts, the girlfriend of the man who ran off with the novelist’s wife in 1929, are to be sold at Bonhams Fine Books, Atlases, Manuscripts and Photographs Sale on … Continue reading →

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Waugh on Weddings

Posted on May 23, 2014 by Jeffrey Manley

As the month of June approaches, Moira Redmond was inspired to contribute an article to the Guardian newspaper for May 20, 2014 entitled “Marriage plots: the best wedding dresses in literature.” The article is included in a regular column called Books Blog … Continue reading →

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Lancing College remembers Brideshead Revisited

Posted on April 26, 2013 by Antony F. P. Vickery

A report by Sussex Living magazine on the 2013 Evelyn Waugh Lecture at Lancing College.

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Lancing College 2013 Evelyn Waugh Lecture announced

Posted on March 15, 2013 by Antony F. P. Vickery

Lancing College, the school which Evelyn Waugh attended between 1917 and 1921, has announced that the 2013 Evelyn Waugh Lecture will be given on April 18th by Anthony Andrews, the actor who played Sebastian Flyte in the celebrated Granada Television adaptation … Continue reading →

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Brideshead vs. Downton

Posted on February 21, 2012 by Antony F. P. Vickery

Alexander Nazaryan in the New York Daily News gives the crown to Brideshead.

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Derek Granger and friends discuss TV Brideshead in London on Oct. 27th

Posted on October 26, 2011 by Antony F. P. Vickery

Derek Granger, producer and (something that was unknown until recently) one of the writers of the highly regarded 1981 Granada Television adaptation of Brideshead Revisited, will be appearing with cast members at the Rayne Theatre (Chickenshed) in Southgate, London on Thurs. Oct. … Continue reading →

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Castle Howard celebrates 30th anniversary of TV Brideshead

Posted on September 11, 2011 by Antony F. P. Vickery

On September 25th, Castle Howard, the magnificent baroque mansion in Yorkshire used as a location for the 1981 Granada Television series Brideshead Revisited, is marking the 30th anniversary of the production with a special, day-long celebration, Brideshead Revisited 30th Anniversary … Continue reading →

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Brideshead Revisited adapted for the stage

Posted on June 9, 2011 by Antony F. P. Vickery

A dramatic adaptation by Christina Drollas of Brideshead Revisited opens at the Corpus Christi College Auditorium in Oxford on Tuesday, June 14th. Tickets. Sarah Gashi provides a preview in The Oxford Student.

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Essays solicited on controversial theology in fiction

Posted on June 6, 2011 by Antony F. P. Vickery

Professor Marc DiPaolo of Okalahoma City University is compiling a book of essays on controversial theology in fiction. He would like to include an essay on Brideshead Revisited, as well as essays on Graham Greene, C. S. Lewis, G. B. … Continue reading →

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