Patrick Mcgilligan Young Orson

Young Orson The Years of Luck and Genius on the Path to Citizen Kane by Patrick Mcgilligan. No American artist or entertainer has enjoyed a more dramatic rise than Orson Welles. At the age of sixteen, he charmed his way into a precocious acting debut in Dublin’s Gate Theatre. By nineteen, he had published a book on Shakespeare and toured the United States. At twenty, he directed a landmark all-black production of "Macbeth" in Harlem, and the following year masterminded the legendary WPA production of Marc Blitzstein’s agitprop musical "The Cradle Will Rock". After founding the Mercury Theatre, he mounted a radio production of The War of the Worlds that made headlines internationally. Then, at twenty-four, Welles signed a Hollywood contract granting him unprecedented freedom as a writer, director, producer, and star-paving the way for the creation of Citizen Kane, considered by many to be the greatest film in history. Filled with insight and revelation-including the surprising true origin and meaning of “Rosebud”-Young Orson is an eye-opening look at the arrival of a talent both monumental and misunderstood. Condition: very good (hardcover). Price R390. Can be couriered to any place in South Africa at an additional cost