Keith Baxter, starred in ‘Chimes at Midnight,’ dies at 90
Keith Baxter, who played the role of Prince Hal on stage and screen in the 1960s, died after suffering a heart attack while on vacation in Corsica, France.
Orson Welles auction: ‘Last’ jacket, ‘Chimes at Midnight’ sketch
(Update 11/18/2019: The jacket sold for $3,250 and the sketch for $4,000. The winning bidders have not been identified.) ______ A suit jacket, purportedly worn by Orson Welles on the last night of his life, and sketch for his film Chimes at Midnight are both on the auction block this month. The jacket and sketch […]
UK opera festival serving up food, music and ‘Chimes at Midnight’
The Leeds Opera Festival has come up with an appropriate celebration in honor of Shakespeare’s Sir John Falstaff. Britain’s Northern Opera Group will present A Feast for Falstaff on Sunday, August 25, as part of the five-day opera festival. Guests will enjoy drinks and a sumptuous buffet to the accompaniment of pieces from three Falstaff operas […]
Tom Hanks talks about playing Shakespeare’s Falstaff on stage
Tom Hanks is making his Los Angeles stage debut as Falstaff this summer in a production constructed from Henry IV, Part 1 and Henry IV, Part 2. Like Orson Welles’ stage production of Five Kings and his film Chimes at Midnight, the Shakespeare Center of Los Angeles production places an emphasis on the relationship between Falstaff and […]
‘Chimes at Midnight’ to be shown at The Louvre
It will be screened at the prestigious Paris art museum on November 24.
‘Merchant of Venice,’ ‘Othello’ and ‘Chimes at Midnight’ scores coming to CD
The CD is limited to 300 copies.
Jeanne Moreau, acted in ‘Chimes at Midnight’ and ‘Immortal Story,’ dead at 89
Welles once described her as “the greatest actress in the world.”
Criterion Collection’s ‘Chimes at Midnight’ finalist for Il Cinema Ritrovato award
The Criterion College release was lauded upon its release in August 2016.
Thelma Ruby recalls co-starring in ‘Chimes at Midnight’ on Irish stage in 1960
She played Mistress Quickly opposite Orson Welles’ Falstaff.
Orson Welles and Shakespeare to be feted in Woodstock
Exhibits run throughout October 2016.
Lost treasure: Orson Welles’ aborted ‘Treasure Island’
Australian-born child actor Fraser MacIntosh (“The Boy Cried Murder”) was cast as Jim Hawkins.
Intermediality in Orson Welles’s Shakespearean Collage: Competing Narrative Modes and Media in ‘Chimes at Midnight’
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