Brideshead Revisited

...to become emperor of Rome may have marked the peak of the golden era of Masterpiece Theatre (from 1971's Upstairs Downstairs to 1981's Brideshead Revisited). It also put the lie to the notion that British drama was stuffy and dull not...

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...vision, and more challenging still, would be a shift the balance of power in development relationships. I was reminded of a moment in Brideshead Revisited when Cordelia, the younger daughter of the Marchmain family, comments that "you send...

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...in top form again. But the film came towards the end of a string of projects, including the film version of Brideshead Revisited (in which he played Sebastian Flyte) and the harrowing TV prison drama, Criminal Justice, which left him...

In this article: Ben Whishaw, John Keats, Bright Star, Hamlet, Royal Court Theatre, Sebastian Flyte, Primo Levi, and Trevor Nunn

...development of the UK Film Council, said in a statement. Some of the movies that will be screened at the event include "Easy Virtue", "Brideshead Revisited", "Man On Wire" and "In the Loop", etc apart from those of renowned filmmakers...

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...direction Stephen Poliakoff's Glorious 39 (a British premiere at the London Film Festival) is a far more subversive film than its Brideshead Revisited-style patina of nostalgia first suggests. In spite of all the lovingly filmed footage...

In this article: Romola Garai, Stephen Poliakoff, Second World War, Ingrid Bergman, Jeremy Northam, Enigma, and England

...play, Waiting for Godot, Pozzo remarks, "They give birth astride of a grave, the light gleams an instant, then it's night once more. " Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh represents one of those lights gleaming in the darkness between...

In this article: Evelyn Waugh, Charles Ryder, Sebastian Flyte, First World War, World War II, and Waiting for Godot

...a kaleidoscopic drink, sweet yet fiery, floral, minty and distinctly aniseedy; it is, said the stuttering Anthony Blanche in Evelyn Waugh's "Brideshead Revisited," like swallowing a sp-spectrum. A green 110-proof Chartreuse and a yellow...

In this article: Chartreuse, Carthusian, France, Single Ladies, Stuttering, Herb, and Betamax

...site, which has been empty for several years. Pinewood became famous in the 1950s and 1960s for the Bond and Carry On films. Recent films coming from the studio include Bond's Quantum of Solace, Brideshead Revisited and the Dark Knight.

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...Justin Zackham about the proposed project, which has recently signed up Julian Jarrold, the man behind the recent big screen Brideshead Revisited re-make, to helm it. "In many ways, I would love for it to be a comedy, because my wife...

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Navigation - link to other main sections from here Brideshead was all about the fashion Why the glamour of Brideshead will never stale - for me at least Paula Byrne's gripping new account of Evelyn Waugh's life, Mad World, has been...

In this article: Brideshead, Evelyn Waugh, Cecil Beaton, Silver, Harold Acton, Charles Sturridge, Southampton, and Brian Howard