Category Archives: Evelyn Waugh

Dates Announced for Brideshead Stage Production

The schedule of the world premiere performance of Bryony Lavery’s stage adaptation of Brideshead Revisited has been announced for 22-30 April 2016 at the Theatre Royal, York (see earlier post). Performances by the English Touring Company have also been set … Continue reading →

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Waugh’s Tailors

The Daily Telegraph has published a story about the long-established tailoring firm of Anderson and Sheppard. Prince Charles has been a customer since 1983, but the firm, best known for outerwear and suiting, has many other well-known clients: The shop … Continue reading →

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50th Anniversary Presentation of The Loved One

Two Los Angeles organizations earlier this month jointly sponsored a 50th anniversary showing of the 1965 film adaptation of Waugh’s The Loved One. This took place at the Egyptian Theater in Hollywood on 7 December 2015. The sponsors were the American Cinematheque … Continue reading →

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Waugh Stories Earn 2015 “Hoggie”

The weblog Hogglestock has announced the winners of its 2015 book awards, popularly known as “Hoggies.” The award is the creation of Thomas Otto, who tweets under the name @TJHogglestock. The name is taken from a Trollope novel. The awards ceremony (allegedly in the … Continue reading →

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Waugh Elegy

A correspondent has called our attention to an earlier posting made by Patrick Kurp on a weblog called Anecdotal Evidence. This relates to a poem by L.E. Sissman, an American poet and critic, written in the 1960s on the occasion of … Continue reading →

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Waugh Novella Identified as “Conservative Page-Turner”

A conservative weblog called The Stream has published an article identifying what it considers “Five Page-Turner Conservative Novels That Predicted the Mess We’re In.” The article is written by journalist John Zmirak, a contributing editor to the weblog. Among the books listed is … Continue reading →

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BBC to Rebroadcast “On Guard”

BBC Radio 4 Extra will rebroadcast Waugh’s short story “On Guard.” The dramatization will be transmitted in two parts on 7 and 8 January 2016. Here’s the schedule. It will also be available on the internet via BBC iPlayer after … Continue reading →

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Waugh Question Features in Literary Quiz

The Guardian has published two lists of literary questions set by several authors. Among a total of 49 questions there is one about Waugh. This is posed by historian Antony Beevor who wrote, inter alia, Crete: The Battle and the Resistance: 18 In Evelyn Waugh’s … Continue reading →

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Scoop with Squash Rackets

A blogger on a squash rackets weblog is posting a serial retelling of Scoop in which the mistaken identity is wrapped up in squash trivia. Here’s a link to the first installment, entitled “Desert Places (à la Evelyn Waugh).” In this case, … Continue reading →

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Waugh’s Murals

The Tablet carries an interesting story of how the murals in the Lady Chapel at Campion Hall, Oxford came to be painted. They were funded from the sale of Waugh’s biography, Edmund Campion, although Waugh himself had no role in choosing … Continue reading →

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