One of Ireland’s finest writers, what he says at 10:41 is key to how good he was. His lack of self interest meant he was more interested in the lives of other and you can see in his that he was so able to dissect and lay bear the characters in his stories.
I met Sir William three times over a 25yr period at various Lif Fest, he was always a pleasure to talk to, The last time was at Cheltenham about 10yrs ago. I asked him if he knew William Maxwell, his eyes lit up and he told me a few things about him when he was editor at The New Yorker. He was wonderful to listen to and.wonderful to read. If I’m ever asked to recommend one of his books I always say - Nights at the Alexandra.
Rather sad comments about outlets for short fiction, and that was back in the 70s. At least Trevor broke into the New Yorker in that decade. Incredible to think they turned down his work for nearly 20 years.
William Trevor interview | Good Afternoon | Mavis Nicholson 1245pm 16.5.23 i was forced to find the amazing notion that Protestants and Catholics in eerie eire get along well enough... casually speaking, as i read, it wasn't a big deal or worthy of note. at all.
Many of Trevor’s stories were filmed for the ‘Play for Today’ series on British TV; at least three are presently on RU-vid. I was glad to see the late Joss Ackland in the lead role of ‘Access to the Children.’ ‘The Ballroom of Romance’, which must have been made for Irish TV, was also a nice find.
William Trevor interview | Good Afternoon | Mavis Nicholson 1242pm 16.5.23 read him for english lit class... which is ironic seeing as he's from eire.... at college, sir..... before you get het up with scholastic affectation...
That is just plain inaccurate. It's not a Ballsbridge/D4 accent; it's a flat out Oxbridge/Home Counties accent and you cannot say "many people" speak like that in Ireland. That would be like saying "many people" in England speak with a Leitrim/Cavan accent. Just not true. @@mgb5170
