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Category Archives: Fiction
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
Posted in Adaptations, Brideshead Revisited, Film, Newspapers, Television, The Loved One, Vile Bodies
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
Posted in Adaptations, Brideshead Revisited, Newspapers, Television, Television Programs
Tagged British TV, Daily Telegraph, Granada TV, Top 50 Programs
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Evelyn Waugh, Travel Writer
Several recent articles remind us of Waugh’s pre-eminence as a travel writer in the 1930s, a time when foreign travel was still something exotic. The adventure travel magazine Avaunt has added Waugh’s Ninety-Two Days (1934) to its reading list: This account of … Continue reading
Posted in Essays, Articles & Reviews, Newspapers, Ninety-Two Days, Scoop
Tagged Avaunt, Ben Mcintyre, Brazilian Adventure, Eamonn Fitzgerald, Peter Fleming, The Times, Time Out
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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
Posted in Adaptations, Brideshead Revisited
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
Posted in Adaptations, Brideshead Revisited, Newspapers, Television
Tagged Derek Granger, Doreen Jones, Guardian, Obituaries
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Washington Post Recommends Scoop
In a feature length op-ed article in the Washington Post (“Dystopian Fiction is Big Now”), Christopher Scalia makes Waugh’s Scoop recommended reading. He begins by describing the unexpected (and probably unintended) result of Donald Trump’s election as having made reading … Continue reading
Posted in Newspapers, Scoop
Tagged Christopher Scalia, Washington Post
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BBC Media Pack for Decline and Fall Available Online
The BBC’s Media Pack for its production of Decline and Fall is available online. This includes Q&A’s for the major characters and short introductions and photos for the others. There are also Q&A’s for the writer (James Wood) and the director … Continue reading
Posted in Adaptations, Decline and Fall, Television
Tagged BBC Media Pack, DVD, James Wood
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Tabloid Feeding Frenzy on Waugh Adaptation
After the announcement of its debut later this month, the London tabloids are making a media meal of the BBC’s production of Decline and Fall and its stars–mostly the latter. There are stories in the Sun, Mirror, Express and Star, with … Continue reading
Posted in Adaptations, Decline and Fall, Newspapers, Television
Tagged BBC, David Suchet, iNews, Jack Whitehall, The Sun
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BBC Decline and Fall Homepage Reveals New Treat
The BBC has posted its homepage for its adaptation of Waugh’s Decline and Fall that will begin later this month. This will provide a link to the program for those watching it over the internet on BBC iPlayer. The posting contains … Continue reading
Posted in Adaptations, Decline and Fall, Television, Television Programs
Tagged BBC, Nicholas Grace, Tim Piggott-Smith
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Maud Russell Diaries in Telegraph
Excerpts from the wartime diaries of Maud Russell have been published in the Daily Telegraph. In a previous post it was explained how she commissioned Rex Whistler to paint murals in her country house at Mottisfont in Hampshire where there is … Continue reading
Posted in Decline and Fall, Diaries, First Editions, Newspapers, World War II
Tagged Daily Telegraph, Ian Fleming, Maud Russell
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