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Category Archives: Evelyn Waugh
Seven days left to listen to Episode 2/7 of BBC Radio 4’s Sword of Honour
This is the last reminder we’ll be posting about the weekly broadcasts of BBC Radio 4’s adaptation of the Sword of Honour trilogy. New episodes are broadcast on Sundays at 3:00 p.m. UK time, and you have seven days from … Continue reading
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Reminder: Episode 1/7 of BBC Radio 4’s Men at Arms was broadcast today
You have seven days left to listen to the episode at http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006qfz6.
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Cecil Beaton 1955 “Entrée interdite” Evelyn Waugh portrait for sale
BEETLES+HUXLEY (who seemingly favor all-caps for everything) has for sale a print of Cecil Beaton’s celebrated 1955 photographic portrait of Evelyn Waugh standing behind a gate to which is affixed a sign that states, “ENTREE INTERDITE AUX PROMENEURS.” B+H describe the … Continue reading
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Evelyn Waugh’s 1960 Face to Face interview with John Freeman
In June 1960 Evelyn Waugh was interviewed by John Freeman for the BBC television program Face to Face. Although during the interview Waugh isn’t exactly bursting with bonhomie and appears more than a little ill at ease (it was apparently … Continue reading
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Broadcast of BBC Radio 4’s new Sword of Honour adaptation begins on Sept. 29th
The first episode of the new BBC Radio 4 seven-part adaptation of Evelyn Waugh’s Sword of Honour trilogy will be broadcast on Sept. 29th at 3:00 p.m. UK time. Archived episodes should be available for up to seven days after broadcast … Continue reading
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Evelyn Waugh manuscripts at the British Library
A short article at the British Library’s English and Drama blog on its Evelyn Waugh collection: The British Library holds an extensive Waugh collection, at the heart of which is Waugh’s incoming correspondence. These letters, dating from 1921 to 1966, … Continue reading
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Evelyn Waugh and the Latin Mass Society of England & Wales
In 1965, Evelyn Waugh helped found the Latin Mass Society of England and Wales. The current issue of Regina magazine contains an article (“Shades of Evelyn Waugh: An Update on the Latin Mass in England & Wales“) on the history … Continue reading
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Complete Works of Evelyn Waugh project launched at University of Leicester
A five-year, £800,000 project to publish a scholarly edition of the complete works of Evelyn Waugh was launched at a colloquium held July 5 – 7 at the University of Leicester. The 42-volume edition, to be published by the Oxford … Continue reading
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Lost Evelyn Waugh letters reveal thwarted love for ‘bright young thing’
From the Guardian: She was known as Teresa “Baby” Jungman, a beauty among the bohemian “bright young things” of 1920s English society, whose high-class hedonism inspired Evelyn Waugh to write Vile Bodies. She was also the unrequited love of Waugh’s … Continue reading
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Major seven-part adaptation of Sword of Honour trilogy coming to BBC Radio this year
From The Stage: A BBC awards scheme that launched the careers of actors such as Stephen Tompkinson and Richard Griffiths has named this year’s winners, with all the recipients being cast in a major seven-part adaptation of Evelyn Waugh’s Sword … Continue reading
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