Orson's Shadow

Jun 14, 2005 22:55

So I went to see this AMAZING play at the Barrow Street Theatre, an off-Broadway theatre in New York. It's called ORSON'S SHADOW and it's about Orson Wells and his friendship/working relationship with Laurence Olivier (during the time that Olivier is in the process of leaving Vivian Lee). It was the most moving play I have seen in years. It has so ( Read more... )

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greatcalvero June 15 2005, 08:22:03 UTC
Amazon has an audio cd of the play. I'll definitely check it out at some point.

Peter Bogdanovich wrote a book with Orson Welles, "This is Orson Welles". It's a collection of interviews Peter did with Orson over the years. They talked about movies and theater (I would kill, literally kill, to be able to see Orson's production of Julius Caesar set in fascist Italy or his production of Moby Dick.) It's a great book. I'll let you borrow if you want.

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