Screenwriter Andrew Davies has adapted plenty of Jane Austen's books for the small screen, but his latest, "Sanditon," is ever so modern in its execution.

Davies said: “This is such an important series of books for me. As a young man, I read Rabbit, Run when it came out and thought: gosh, this is what life is all about.

“I absolutely hated the musical!” said Andrew Davies, who wrote the screenplay for PBS/BBC's six-part adaptation of Victor Hugo’s classic novel Les Miserables, premiering on Masterpiece on ...

So, when it was announced in 2017 that Welsh screenwriter Andrew Davies would be adapting the book into a series, critics raised concerns about whether a white writer could — or had the right to ...

Andrew Davies might have taken historical liberties with his new BBC1 drama, but if it gets a few viewers to return to the book then we should approve. UK News Website of the Year 2024 ...

Writer Andrew Davies explains why Jane Austen heroines can play with the boys. ... “But Charlotte, I mean in the book, she’s the oldest of 12 children, living on a farm.

Andrew Davies, who wrote the much-loved 1995 version of Pride and Prejudice, ... The books established Updike as one of the greats of US literature, but he has been criticised for misogyny.

Screenwriter Andrew Davies has been a true master of modern television adaptations, bringing such iconic works as Middlemarch and Little Dorrit to the MASTERPIECE screen for decades. Now, as he ...