Bright young things
[3] They threw flamboyant fancy dress parties, went on elaborate treasure hunts through nighttime London, and some drank heavily or used illicit drugs — all of which was enthusiastically covered by journalists such as Charles Graves and Tom Driberg.[4] They inspired a number of writers, including Nancy Mitford (Highland Fling), Anthony Powell (A Dance to the Music of Time), Henry Green (Party Going), Dorothy Sayers (Murder Must Advertise), and the poet John Betjeman.Evelyn Waugh's 1930 novel Vile Bodies, adapted as the 2003 film Bright Young Things, is a satirical look at this scene.[5] Prominent members of the group included: The following is a list of the Bright Young Things, their friends, acquaintances and associates of the period, many of whom were the basis for characters in the novels written by members of the group such as Evelyn Waugh, Anthony Powell and Nancy Mitford.[6] Fictional characters: Ma Mayfield in A Handful of Dust and Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh[24]Newspaper articles:Flaming Youth tries Britain's Patience[23]
Bright young things (disambiguation)Richard Plunket GreeneOlivia Plunket GreeneDavid Plunket GreeneTerence GreenidgeElizabeth Frances RussellEvelyn Waughtabloid pressBohemianaristocratssocialitesLondonRoaring Twentiesfancy dressCharles GravesTom DribergNancy MitfordAnthony PowellA Dance to the Music of TimeHenry GreenParty GoingDorothy SayersMurder Must AdvertiseJohn BetjemanVile BodiesBright Young ThingsCecil BeatonHarold ActonPatrick Balfour, Baron KinrossEdward BurraRobert ByronSheila ChisholmDaphne FieldingEdward Gathorne-HardyBryan GuinnessGavin HendersonBrian HowardArthur JeffressTeresa JungmanZita JungmanBarbara Ker-SeymerOliver MesselDiana MitfordBeverley NicholsBrenda Dean PaulBabe Plunket GreeneElizabeth PonsonbyLoelia PonsonbyElizabeth RussellEdith SitwellOsbert SitwellSacheverell SitwellEleanor SmithDavid TennantStephen TennantHenry ThynneWilliam WaltonSylvia Townsend WarnerRex WhistlerSunday WilshinOlivia WyndhamHenry YorkeWilliam ActonJohn AmeryLeo AmeryMichael ArlenSylvia AshleyAnthony Ashley-CooperLettice Ashley-CooperMary Ashley-CooperAdele AstaireClement AttleeMae BaconHermione BaddeleyEdythe BakerOliver BaldwinRuth BaldwinPatrick BalfourThomas BalstonTallulah BankheadJohn BantingAlexander BaringMaurice BaringPoppy BaringElvira Dolores BarneyH. M. BatemanBeverley BaxterBaba BeatonNancy BeatonMax BeerbohmClive BellHilaire BellocBabe BendirMargot BendirLord BernersElizabeth BibescoCaroline BlackwoodEdmund BlundenRobert BoothbyElizabeth Bowes-LyonMaurice BowraBrendan BrackenGeorges BraqueLady Diana BridgemanJessie Doris BrowneValentine BrowneFrank BuchmanGuy BurgessMary ButtsDenis Capel-DunnDudley CarewBillie CarletonDora CarringtonAudrey CartenKenneth CartenWaveney CartenBarbara CartlandIvy Cavendish-BentinckVictor CazaletDavid CecilWilliam ChappellNina ChavchavadzeG. K. ChestertonEdward ChichesterDiana ChurchillJohn Spencer-Churchill