Stage, Cinema, and Other Media
The 1919 musical play Eastward Ho! was written by Oscar Asche (author) with lyrics by Dornford Yates and music by Grace Torrens and John Ansell. It was produced by Edward Laurillard and George Grossmith Jr, and opened at the Alhambra Theatre in London on 9 September and ran for 124 performances.
Although none of Yates’s books has yet been filmed for the cinema, the BBC produced an adaptation of She Fell Among Thieves in 1977, featuring Malcolm McDowell as Chandos, Michael Jayston as Mansel, and Eileen Atkins as Vanity Fair.
An episode of the ITV Hannay series, "A Point of Honour", was based on the eponymous short story published in The Brother of Daphne, but the source was uncredited.
An audiobook edition of Blind Corner, read by Alan Rickman, was produced by Chivers Audio Books, but is currently out of print.
The 1973 novel Indecent Exposure by Tom Sharpe plays a lot upon the 'Englishman' that Dornford Yates created in his novels. There is a group of characters in the novel who style themselves as the 'Dornford Yates' club and who try to emulate the 'Master' in avoiding reality and a changing world.
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