Du Maurier News Archive for 2015
The Birds and Don’t Look Now - New cover designs from Virago
Virago is to publish two of Daphne du Maurier’s best-loved and most spine-tingling short story collections as Virago Modern Classics designer hardbacks. Both The Birds and Other Stories and Don’t Look Now and Other Stories will come with covers by award-winning textiles designer Neisha Crosland. These two new hardback editions ... More ››
My Cousin Rachel Film Rumours - September 2015
There are whispers that a new film of My Cousin Rachel is going to be made, over sixty years after the original film, which starred Olivia de Havilland and Richard Burton and was directed by Henry Koster. The film is now set to be modernised by writer-director Roger Michell and could be in our cinemas in 2017.... More ››
Jamaica Inn, Rebecca, Frenchman's Creek
Since 2003 Virago has been publishing the works of Daphne du Maurier and now all her books are back in print. During that time views about Daphne’s writing have changed a lot. She is no longer thought of as a romantic novelist but is now widely read, increasingly studied and has undergone a complete reappraisal. ... More ››
Rebecca - A play adapted and directed by Emma Price
Rebecca is timeless; the book beloved by generations and the iconic Alfred Hitchcock film a classic of the genre. Now Rebecca bursts onto the stage! Emma Rice, the award winning director, has created a spellbinding new production of Daphne du Maurier’s masterpiece which conjures Cornish romance and theatrical magic. ... More ››