William Boot is a fictional journalist who is the protagonist in the 1938 Evelyn Waugh comic novel Scoop. Year 1938 ( MCMXXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Arthur Evelyn St John Waugh (ˈiːvlɪn ˈwɔː (28 October 1903 &ndash 10 April 1966 was an English Writer, best known for such darkly humorous and
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Character
Boot is the young author of a regular column on country life for a London newspaper named the Daily Beast. London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. He is then sent abroad as a foreign correspondent to the fictional African state of Ishmaelia which is on the brink of a civil war, having been mistaken for a war reporter. A civil war is a War between a State and domestic political actors that are in control of some part of the territory claimed by the state Although he is completely inept, he accidentally gets the 'scoop' of the title.
Inspiration for character
It has been suggested that Waugh based the character of William Boot on his own experiences and on the legendary journalist Bill Deedes who was a junior reporter in Addis Ababa. William Francis Deedes Baron Deedes, KBE, MC, PC, DL (1 June 1913 &ndash 17 August 2007 was a British journalist and politician Addis Ababa (sometimes spelled Addis Abeba, the spelling used by the official Ethiopian Mapping Authority Amharic
Television portrayals
- Michael Maloney played William Boot in a 1987 British television movie entitled Scoop, produced by LWT. Michael Maloney (born 19 June 1957) is an English Actor. Born in Bury St Year 1987 ( MCMLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar) Scoop is a 1987 TV film directed by Gavin Millar, adapted by William Boyd from the 1938 satirical novel by Evelyn Waugh.
- Harry Worth played the character in a 1972 BBC television series, which was an adaptation of the novel scripted by Barry Took. Harry Worth (real name Harry Illingsworth) (born 20 November 1917 in Tankersley near Barnsley, Yorkshire - 20 July Year 1972 ( MCMLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Barry Took ( 19 June 1928 &ndash 31 March 2002) was an English Comedian, Writer