A quick sketch of Evelyn Waugh, drawn in March, on the island of Kos, whilst listening to an interview with him which contained the seed from which A Flock of Tigers grew. The man from whom Edmund Willard got his initials, and some of his opinions. (Though Edmund is fundamentally nicer than I fear Evelyn was, at least by this age.)
Thursday, 3 December 2015
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Posted by John Finnemore at 1:13 am
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Your sketching is just lovely, good sir. Love being able to see. :)
I have a shameful confession. I was dead certain Evelyn Waugh was a woman. I remember first hearing the name from the 'evil name game' and never looked it up. /o\
Aw yay! The return of the blog and with fun sketches. This has made my day (despite the good news of also getting a job) :)
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That would explain a lot of rather baffling traits of Mr. Willard's.
However, I don't think Waugh was as childishly rigid as Edmund, nor can we, say what we will, accuse the former of lacking in imagination.
Waugh's disgust for Modern Psychology and its practitioners, I would argue, is based much more upon a well-reasoned claim, rather than upon an inherent fear of things deep; I believe you are absolutely right in setting your play in the olden days, as the Englishman of this type, for good or ill, is quite extinct; however, from the writer of Where've they Gone, the Politician's answer to the "Are you better than him" sketch, and many little amusing and truly instructive things, I would have hoped that the Englishman of yore would get a fairer hearing than this.
What little of his writing I know seems indefinably spiteful somehow ... interesting to hear he may not have been the nicest person, in person. He makes a good caricature, though!
I have always found that Waugh's writing leaves a slightly unpleasant taste in the mouth, as if he simply couldn't bear to leave the reader uplifted.
Evelyn Waugh was ALSO a woman, Anonymous. Evelyn Waugh married as his first wife an Evelyn Gardner, so they were both Evelyn Waughs.
Great sketch, John and instantly recognisable.
Somewhere in some filing cabinet is a postcard Mr E wrote to my Dad. I don't think they knew each other - just think my Dad wrote him a fan letter.
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