Book description
A brilliant biography of the young Orson Welles, from his prodigious
childhood and youth, his triumphs with the Mercury Theatre, to the
making of
Citizen Kane
. Vivid, vastly entertaining, this is the definitive Welles biography.
Simon Callow is an actor, director and writer. He has appeared on the
stage and in many films, including the hugely popular Four Weddings
and a Funeral.
His books include Being an Actor, Shooting the Actor, Love is Where
it Falls
, the first two volumes of his three-volume life of Orson Welles, his
theatrical memoir My Life in Pieces
, and, most recently, the highly acclaimed Charles Dickens and the
Great Theatre of the World
