The Deemster Caine, and Marian Swayne were cast in the lead roles. The film was released in England in March 1918, when Hall Caine organised "a stellar first night audience" for the screening in aid of war charities. Caine had invited the Prime Minister, Lloyd George, but he politely declined the invitation. The Deemster The Deemster is a novel by Hall Caine published in 1887, considered to be the first 'Manx novel'. It was Caine's third novel, the second to be set in the Isle of Man and it was his first great success. The plot revolves around the reckless actions of
Egyptian Revival architecture in the British Isles aluminium clad timber. A central watercourse runs down towards the river through four "Sphinx Pools", with pairs of sphinx sculptures on either side. Egyptian Revival architecture in the British Isles Egyptian Revival architecture in the British Isles is a survey of motifs derived from Ancient Egyptian sources occurring as an architectural style. Egyptian Revival architecture is comparatively rare in the British Isles. Obelisks start appearing in the 17th century, mainly as decorative features on buildings and by the 18th century they started to be used in some numbers as funerary or commemorative monuments. In the later 18th century, mausoleums started