A few months ago I found several old issues of Theatre Arts magazine in the tenderloin district of San Francisco, a few short blocks from where Wellesnet “legend” Glenn Anders lives. The mags were priced at a big 100% mark-up over their original price. Well, since the original price was only .50 cents, they were […]
Kudos to Jack Marshall, the artistic director of The American Century Theater for bringing yet a third Orson Welles production back to the boards, after previously reviving Welles’s Moby Dick-Rehearshed (twice!) and Marc Blizstein’s The Cradle Will Rock. Since The American Century Theater concentrates on 20th Century American playwrights, it is too bad that precludes […]
My real interest in life is education. I want to be a teacher. All this experience I’ve been piling up is equipping me for that future …I shall know how to dramatize the art of imparting knowledge. One day I shall leave all this behind me, go back (to Todd School) and give full rein […]
September 4 The Chicago Tribune reported about “The Historic dorm for boys at the Todd school attended by Orson Welles, in Woodstock that faces demolition.” Going back nearly 75 years to the summer of 1934, we find that the Chicago Tribune was also reporting on Welles and the Todd School. They were there – to […]
Having heard from several concerned citizens in Woodstock, Illinois, who have expressed their concern about the proposed demolition of Grace Hall, I thought I’d try to bolster their case before the city council by highlighting some of the remarkable achievements Orson Welles made in Woodstock. To begin, here is an overview of Welles relationship with […]
Q: Where is home for you? ORSON WELLES: I have lots of homes …I suppose its Woodstock, Illinois, if it’s anywhere. I went to school there for four years, and if I think of home, it’s there. It may be a tedious cliché to say that school days are the happiest days of your life, […]
What better way to celebrate the birthday of those two icons of terror cinema, than to have them talk about their work with Orson Welles. So happy birthday to Vincent Price and Christopher Lee! ________________ LAWRENCE FRENCH: How did you like working with Orson Welles? VINCENT PRICE: Orson was a marvelous director. I did two […]
Earlier this month, the Zemfira Stage company presented the East Coast premiere of Marcus Wolland’s Lost Eden: The Magnificent Welles, featuring critically-acclaimed Potomac region actor Jay Tilley as the legendary Orson Welles. Wellesnet correspondent Leslie Weisman took in the play and interviewed actor Jay Tilley. Here is some background on the production, followed by Leslie Weisman’s interview with […]
Shortly before the April 28, 1946 opening of AROUND THE WORLD in Boston, Orson Welles called Harry Cohn in Hollywood to get a loan for the costumes he needed to open his new show. As most Welles followers know, the result of that call was a loan from Cohn that allowed the show to go on. It […]
Theater�director Marc Silberschatz had the wonderful idea to stage a revival of Orson Welles MOBY DICK-REHEARSED, which was never staged by Welles in New York City,�despite it being his own favorite theatrical production.� Welles original production was presented in London for about three weeks, opening on June 15,�1955.�By�all accounts the play was a sensation, and […]
If you’re in the UK, you may wish to venture to East Sussex to see Voodoo Macbeth, an exhibition at this year’s Brighton Photo Biennial, a festival dedicated to photography. As the web site summary describes it: “Orson Welles’ African-American theatre production of Macbeth forms the basis of a major exhibition, Voodoo Macbeth, at the […]
My hometown of St. Louis sees another Welles play being mounted; this one is called The Probe: an Inquiry Into the Meteoric Rise and Spectacular Fall of Orson Welles in Hollywood. “Conceived and created by Chuck Harper,” as the home page states, it uses pre-existing material to look at Welles’ career. This article features a brief […]
(Editor’s note: Leslie Weisman has graciously sent along this report on the Paris production of Richard France’s play, which has captivated theatergoers across Europe, but apparently, as with most Welles projects, it has yet to find backers for a U. S. production). By LESLIE WEISMAN Earlier this month I had the great pleasure of […]
Richard France�s play OBEDIENTLY YOURS, ORSON WELLES is now playing in Paris at the Th��tre Marigny until Oct. 29. Our European correspondent Allegra saw the play while she was in Paris and tells me it’s quite wonderful, noting that the actor M. Drouot at times seemed almost to be channeling Welles. If you live or […]
As noted on the message board, Simon Callow’s adaptation of Micheal MacLiammoir’s memoir Put Money In Thy Purse is being given a re-broadcast this Saturday on BBC5 radio. The play will be available for listening for the week following, so you have plenty of time to catch it. On a site note: does anyone know […]
