Brideshead Revisited (film) Brideshead Revisited (film) Brideshead Revisited is a 2008 British drama film directed by Julian Jarrold. The screenplay by Jeremy Brock and Andrew Davies is based on the 1945 novel of the same name by Evelyn Waugh, which previously had been adapted in 1981 as the television serial "Brideshead Revisited". Although he aspires to become an artist, middle-class Charles Ryder reads history at the University of Oxford, where he befriends the flamboyant and wealthy Lord Sebastian Flyte. Sebastian's mother, Lady Marchmain, strongly disapproves of his lifestyle, especially his heavy drinking. When Sebastian takes him home to visit his nanny, Charles is
Sebastian Armesto adapting "Les Enfants du Paradis" to great acclaim. Most recently, he co-wrote and directed a play based on William Hogarth's "The Four Stages of Cruelty" and new versions of The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari and Moby-Dick. Sebastian Armesto Sebastian Felipe Xavier Fernández-Garcia Armesto (born 3 June 1982) is a British film, television and theatre actor. He is the son of the historian Felipe Fernández-Armesto. He was educated at Eton College. Armesto played Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor in the series "The Tudors". He starred in the 2008 ITV drama series "The Palace" as the King's carefree younger brother Prince George.