http://groups.yahoo.com/group/lecarre/ Forum for fans of John le Carr?'s work (alternative spelling: John le Carre) Mon, 06 Jul 2009 11:38:09 GMT Peter Spowart, Literary Agent Melbourne http://groups.yahoo.com/group/lecarre/message/2526 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/lecarre/message/2526 The author has said of the BBC Radio 4 casting: "Simon Russell Beale is unique. No living actor can match his understanding of language or his interpretation Sun, 05 Jul 2009 05:12:07 GMT Margaret McLAREN http://groups.yahoo.com/group/lecarre/message/2525 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/lecarre/message/2525 I don't know what George Smiley would think of this. (Or Stella Rimmington !!)   M   http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,25735873-661,00.html M16 Fri, 26 Jun 2009 10:21:11 GMT Peter Spowart, Literary Agent Melbourne http://groups.yahoo.com/group/lecarre/message/2524 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/lecarre/message/2524 JLC has included a short story for a book, this is the news item on the book: Tue, 23 Jun 2009 13:35:58 GMT iggypopcb3@... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/lecarre/message/2523 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/lecarre/message/2523 Gentleman, and Ladies... I have yet to read this newest novel. But I have enjoyed the latest discourse here at this site. I have been surprised by some Sat, 13 Jun 2009 12:14:23 GMT dylanwinslow http://groups.yahoo.com/group/lecarre/message/2522 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/lecarre/message/2522 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/france/5514600/Saudi-princess-runs-up-15-million-shopping-bill.html "I'm afraid we can't go around settling Sat, 13 Jun 2009 03:52:04 GMT Peter Spowart, Literary Agent Melbourne http://groups.yahoo.com/group/lecarre/message/2521 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/lecarre/message/2521 http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204482304574217784000059714.html This is fascinating, Alan Furst admires THS [Non-text portions of this message Sat, 13 Jun 2009 03:36:58 GMT Peter Spowart, Literary Agent Melbourne http://groups.yahoo.com/group/lecarre/message/2520 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/lecarre/message/2520 http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=PRNI2&STORY=/www/story/06-12-2009/0005043120&EDATE= Extract: Since 1991 Neal Purvis and Robert Wade have Mon, 08 Jun 2009 19:25:45 GMT John Carroll http://groups.yahoo.com/group/lecarre/message/2519 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/lecarre/message/2519 No, on second thought,wasn't it Jo'burg airport where Control was seen *by* Willy Andrewartha? Cheers, Roy Bland ... Best wishes, John D. Carroll [Non-text Sun, 07 Jun 2009 04:31:08 GMT John Carroll http://groups.yahoo.com/group/lecarre/message/2518 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/lecarre/message/2518 Well, Peter, they said the same about Control, too, didn't they -- but wasn't he spotted just last week in Pretoria with Willy Andrewartha? Cheers, Roy Bland Sun, 07 Jun 2009 04:28:59 GMT Peter Spowart, Literary Agent Melbourne http://groups.yahoo.com/group/lecarre/message/2517 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/lecarre/message/2517 Did you mean the Late Ian Richardson, unfortunately this excellent actor passed away in 2007. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Sun, 07 Jun 2009 02:16:46 GMT John Carroll http://groups.yahoo.com/group/lecarre/message/2516 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/lecarre/message/2516 Jeremy Northam as Peter Guillam Ian Holm as Toby Esterhase Kenneth Branagh as Roy Bland Anthony Hopkins or Ralph Fiennes as Bill Haydon Patrick Stewart Sun, 07 Jun 2009 00:54:09 GMT Peter Spowart, Literary Agent Melbourne http://groups.yahoo.com/group/lecarre/message/2515 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/lecarre/message/2515 Matthew Broderick as Peter Guillam Brian Cox as Toby Esterhase Ian Holm as Bill Haydon Tony Hopkins as Karla Jeremy Northam as Prideaux Vanessa Redgrave as Sat, 06 Jun 2009 19:15:42 GMT Dylan Winslow http://groups.yahoo.com/group/lecarre/message/2514 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/lecarre/message/2514 My sense, based on the lack of news out there, is that there has been very little progress except for the script by Peter Morgan. I'm inclined to agree that Sat, 06 Jun 2009 15:38:59 GMT jack flora http://groups.yahoo.com/group/lecarre/message/2513 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/lecarre/message/2513 Well Gang, I'm surprised I haven't see much about the forthcoming movie version of TTSS... One thought crosses my mind: How can they do justice to the story Fri, 05 Jun 2009 12:40:08 GMT Peter Spowart, Literary Agent Melbourne http://groups.yahoo.com/group/lecarre/message/2512 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/lecarre/message/2512 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/mandrake/5446015/John-le-Carre-pays-tribute-to-his-first-love.html This one through you, Jim, please because it is