Orson Welles, Vol I

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“He was now in a position to concentrate exclusively on executing the plan so exuberantly outlined on his way to Ireland: to visit ‘theatres!!!!!’ London was, as it still is, endowed with more of these than any other city in the world, and he could have seen a wide range of work, from Max Reinhardt’s Helen! starring Evelyn Laye to a revival at the London Gate Theatre, (after which Edwards and Mac Liammóir had named theirs), of its greatest hit, Kaiser’s Morn to Midnight, the quintessence of thea...trical Expressionism. In between these poles of high art and delirious froth was a range of agreeable work encompassing plays by Ben Travers and James Bridie, Edgar Wallace (The Green Back, starring Gerald du Maurier) and Clifford Bax (Rose without a Thorn, a Henry VIII play). The West End was at its most urbane with well-turned performances in well-made plays; no one of comparable audacity and originality had replaced the recently departed Charles Laughton. The theatrical waters were becalmed.MoreLess Read More Read Less