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Orson Welles
- Author
- Simon Callow
- Narrator
- Simon Callow
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Publish Date
- 26 January 2017
- Run Time
- 5 hours 34 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
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What to expect
Insightful, incisive & enlightening, the first volume of Simon Callow's comprehensive biography of Orson Welles.
Now in abridged audio, Callow's vastly entertaining chronicle of Welles's first 26 years seems even finer than it did in 1995. The author's ability to skewer his subject's evasions and lies while retaining critical affection for him is perhaps explained by the fact that Callow, an actor himself, understands the need to mythologise. Welles's innovative theatrical work in the 1930s has never been better described or analysed.
Critics Review
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"A book of titanic achievement" (Daily Telegraph)
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"Simon Callow's brilliant account of the early years is the best Welles book yet" (David Hare)
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Details
- Author
- Simon Callow
- Narrator
- Simon Callow
- Duration
- 5 hours 34 minutes
- Release Date
- 26 January 2017
- ISBN
- 9780008218416
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Genre
- Biography: arts and entertainment
Synopsis
Insightful, incisive & enlightening, the first volume of Simon Callow's comprehensive biography of Orson Welles. Now in abridged audio, Callow's vastly entertaining chronicle of Welles's first 26 years seems even finer than it did in 1995. The author's ability to skewer his subject's evasions and lies while retaining critical affection for him is perhaps explained by the fact that Callow, an actor himself, understands the need to mythologise. Welles's innovative theatrical work in the 1930s has never been better described or analysed.
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