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Liverpool Daily Post.co.uk (Free subscription) | 10/03/2008
THERE’S one very good reason why Evelyn Waugh’s magnum opus has never been adapted for the big screen before.
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The Independent (Free subscription) | 10/03/2008
It is almost impossible to watch this new version of Brideshead Revisited without the double distraction of what has come before.
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Daily Mail (Free subscription) | 10/02/2008
Virtually all Waugh's ideas have been turned on their head. The adapters seem to have felt they know better than the man who wrote the original. And you know what? They don't.
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Contactmusic Ltd (Free subscription) | 10/02/2008
SIR MICHAEL GAMBON once tricked JOHNNY DEPP into thinking he was friends with British monarch QUEEN ELIZABETH II - telling the actor he regularly went to her home for a cup ...
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The First Post (Free subscription) | 10/02/2008
This much-anticipated adaptation of Evelyn Waugh's novel is a loving tribute to English country houses, Oxford quads, and the delights of Venice. Whether it does justice to the original novel…
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Hellomagazine.com (Free subscription) | 09/30/2008
Some of the UK's hottest young acting talent joined Oscar-winner Emma Thompson on the red carpet on Monday for the UK premiere of a reworking of Evelyn Waugh's classic novel, Brideshead Revisited. Chic in a Donna Karen silk coat teamed with Chanel boots, the 49-year-old - who plays matriarch Lady Marchmain opposite on-screen husband Sir Michael Gambon – celebrated the night with her co-stars, including...
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GreenCine Daily (Free subscription) | 09/21/2008
"The perfect 10s for [Kenneth] Branagh's performance in the title role of Ivanov, a Chekhov play adapted by Tom Stoppard, prompted BBC2's Newsnight to ask whether Britain was entering a new golden age of theatre," reports David Smith. "Ivanov...
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The Independent (Free subscription) | 09/19/2008
Rupert Goold is a name that will give any project legs at the moment. The award-winning 36-year-old director has a production of No Man's Land, starring Michael Gambon, and the I'd Do Anything-promoted extravaganza of Oliver! lined up for the West End this autumn, and a major production of King Lear with Pete Postlethwaite opening in Liverpool in the same crammed season.