I visited Castle Howard several years ago, but I just couldn't separate it from Brideshead in my head. In a way, it was Brideshead for me, not castle Howard, because I knew it better in this guise. It was an amazing visit and I even had a brief talk with the earl after opening a door I shouldn't have. I'm afraid that I confused him with my conflation of Brideshead and his home, but he was very friendly and polite about it. Thank you to all the staff and the earl for an amazing visit. I will definitely come again if I am nearby!
Thank you so very much for such a fascinating video. To understand so many of Waugh's influences on the book makes the reading even richer. I first read this book when I was in my early twenties, I am now in my late 60s and it is still one of my favorite books.
An outstanding and fascinating lecture! Thank you. I have just visited Madresfield too and would highly recommend it to anyone wanting a complete picture of Waugh’s sources of inspiration.
A fascinating and enlightening lecture. Thank you so much. One point: the Vanburgh family appears in earlier Waugh novels e.g. the 15th Marquess of Vanburgh who is a gossip columnist in Vile Bodies. So rather than being a nod to the architect of Castle Howard, the mention in Brideshead may just be another example of Waugh's practice of referring to society figures who inhabit his fictional world, and demonstrate that all of his novels exist in the same social set e.g. Lady Metroland, the Chasms etc.
What a brilliant video, thank you. A strange coincidence, I am pretty sure I am right in thinking that Simon Jones (Bridie) was born in Charlton Park. A large country house with a majorly amazing interior in .... Wiltshire.
Waugh was so unpopular with the other ranks that his superiors were pleased to let him write the book. He was actually more like Hooper than he'd care to admit!
4 months to write, I doubt he was doing anything else. His military service not much in demand in 1944 one would think the British army required every swinging dick in the field. Waugh probably made Hooper look like Charles Ryder.
'Brideshead Revisited' has the theme of alcohol abuse throughout the novel / series / film. Sebastian is an alcoholic. Lord Marchmain is an alcoholic as well or had issues with heavy drinking. Am I the only one who finds it rather odd that Slow Motion Gin sponsored the Brideshead Festival and created a cocktail named after Marchmain??? Truth IS stranger then fiction 😏
The Granada Television version of 1981 had a stellar cast and was true to the novel. I re-watch it from time to time. In fact, I will quote Anthony Blanch from time to time. He, like Violet the Dowager Countess of Grantham, get THE best lines !
Parts of the film were very well done, but it seems overall to fail to communicate the atmosphere of the book, which the series did so well. The film provides a great venue for those who relish the joy of bashing, it seems, so in that function, it succeeds smashingly, and provides hours of entertainment for its critics by its mere existence. Condensing 21 hours into three is doomed to failure in many ways.
So curious and sad; I'm reminded ofChatsworth in somany ways- except that I doubt whether the devonshires would have allowed the intrusion into their greed-based history.
Huzzah, Charles! Very well stated. Classics like 'Brideshead Revisited' appeal to a more enlightened crowd. Some people just can't abide anything that isn't "pulp fiction" 😏
I visited Castle Howard several years ago, but I just couldn't separate it from Brideshead in my head. In a way, it was Brideshead for me, not castle Howard, because I knew it better in this guise.
It was an amazing visit and I even had a brief talk with the earl after opening a door I shouldn't have. I'm afraid that I confused him with my conflation of Brideshead and his home, but he was very friendly and polite about it.
Thank you to all the staff and the earl for an amazing visit. I will definitely come again if I am nearby!
Thank you so much for sharing.
Thank you so very much for such a fascinating video. To understand so many of Waugh's influences on the book makes the reading even richer. I first read this book when I was in my early twenties, I am now in my late 60s and it is still one of my favorite books.
Thank you for this wonderful lecture. You’ve brought back many memories of my visit in 1997, or as I thought of it then, my revisit.
Thank you! Appreciate it greatly. Loved the book! And the home.
Thank you!
An outstanding and fascinating lecture! Thank you. I have just visited Madresfield too and would highly recommend it to anyone wanting a complete picture of Waugh’s sources of inspiration.
Thank you for all the research you’ve made for this documentary, I thorough enjoyed the history of the other houses.
Fascinating video - I've been to Castle Howard and the Book and the TV series are a great favorite of mine so it was such a treat to see this.
A fascinating and enlightening lecture. Thank you so much.
One point: the Vanburgh family appears in earlier Waugh novels e.g. the 15th Marquess of Vanburgh who is a gossip columnist in Vile Bodies. So rather than being a nod to the architect of Castle Howard, the mention in Brideshead may just be another example of Waugh's practice of referring to society figures who inhabit his fictional world, and demonstrate that all of his novels exist in the same social set e.g. Lady Metroland, the Chasms etc.
Wonderfully authoritative, and many facets explored and explained. I have just bought a first edition, so inspired I was! A big thank you.
Thank you so much for this video I have read the book more times than I can number…
What a wonderful talk that was very insightful on the book, house and productions.
What a brilliant video, thank you. A strange coincidence, I am pretty sure I am right in thinking that Simon Jones (Bridie) was born in Charlton Park. A large country house with a majorly amazing interior in .... Wiltshire.
Really interesting and well executed.
Granada made drama today but a faded and jaded memory!
Recomendable 😊
Waugh was so unpopular with the other ranks that his superiors were pleased to let him write the book. He was actually more like Hooper than he'd care to admit!
4 months to write, I doubt he was doing anything else. His military service not much in demand in 1944 one would think the British army required every swinging dick in the field. Waugh probably made Hooper look like Charles Ryder.
May I ask why the narrator insists on calling the series/film a "movie"; the long version was a film!
Enjoyed this presentation. I am not clear about the location of the chapel in the Granada TV series. Can anyone please explain?
Hetty Hoover there with daughters Valerie and Marlene, 1938.
The more recent movie is such rubbish it doesn't even merit a mention here. The Granada series is most faithful and totally awesome.
'Brideshead Revisited' has the theme of alcohol abuse throughout the novel / series / film. Sebastian is an alcoholic. Lord Marchmain is an alcoholic as well or had issues with heavy drinking. Am I the only one who finds it rather odd that Slow Motion Gin sponsored the Brideshead Festival and created a cocktail named after Marchmain??? Truth IS stranger then fiction 😏
Years ago newly sober Eric Clapton had Michelob beer sponsor a North American tour 😮
@@samanthab1923 that's just as ridiculous. Money isn't everything ...
1944 Nellie Jones Johnson escaped to Cornwall 1964 with Stan.
John Gielgud was brilliant in the series; second to Laurence Olivier.
And The movie? It was laughable.
The Granada Television version of 1981 had a stellar cast and was true to the novel. I re-watch it from time to time. In fact, I will quote Anthony Blanch from time to time. He, like Violet the Dowager Countess of Grantham, get THE best lines !
The film was so poorly done, I'm sorry so much time was spent on it in this lecture.
Parts of the film were very well done, but it seems overall to fail to communicate the atmosphere of the book, which the series did so well. The film provides a great venue for those who relish the joy of bashing, it seems, so in that function, it succeeds smashingly, and provides hours of entertainment for its critics by its mere existence. Condensing 21 hours into three is doomed to failure in many ways.
Omg its david 😳
So curious and sad; I'm reminded ofChatsworth in somany ways- except that I doubt whether the devonshires would have allowed the intrusion into their greed-based history.
'Brideshead Revisited' 2008.
Disaster!
Quite EMBARRASSING…WTF..🤡👋😂
BORING!!! Almost as bad as actual book, which was horrible!!!!! This is so bad!!!
Is it, in your obviously expert opinion, as boring as you are?
Huzzah, Charles! Very well stated. Classics like 'Brideshead Revisited' appeal to a more enlightened crowd. Some people just can't abide anything that isn't "pulp fiction" 😏
@@lorihogue5015 exactly.
And yet here you are..watching an hour long documentary on a book you found so "horrible".😆