Orson Welles on Shakespeare: The W.P.A. and Mercury Theatre PlayscriptsRichard France Routledge, 2013 M04 15 - 336 pages This volume is the only publication available of the fully annotated playscripts of Wells' W.P.A Federal Theatre Project and Mercury Theatre adaptations, including the "Voodoo" Macbeth, the modern-dress Julius Caesar and Welles' compilation of history plays, Five Kings. |
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... Brutus , with Joseph Holland as Caesar and Martin Gabel as Cassius . Welles standing over the Nuremberg lights . Facsimile page from Five Kings . Master Plans 1 and 2 for Five Kings . James Morcom's sketch of the stage revolve in its ...
... Brutus , with Joseph Holland as Caesar and Martin Gabel as Cassius . Welles standing over the Nuremberg lights . Facsimile page from Five Kings . Master Plans 1 and 2 for Five Kings . James Morcom's sketch of the stage revolve in its ...
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... Brutus Jones was the first major character played by a black to be widely seen . While not entirely disapproving of Welles's Macbeth , Brooks Atkinson , none- theless , found it chiefly " a voodoo show inspired by the Macbeth legend ...
... Brutus Jones was the first major character played by a black to be widely seen . While not entirely disapproving of Welles's Macbeth , Brooks Atkinson , none- theless , found it chiefly " a voodoo show inspired by the Macbeth legend ...
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... Brutus holds and represents leans rather more towards that of fascism than of democ- racy . Young's definition of fascism is equally applicable to Plato's vision of the ideal state : one governed by an elite that is well suited for the ...
... Brutus holds and represents leans rather more towards that of fascism than of democ- racy . Young's definition of fascism is equally applicable to Plato's vision of the ideal state : one governed by an elite that is well suited for the ...
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... Brutus is pictured with equally approving emphasis because liberals cannot survive a period of civil strife . " In depicting Caesar as a tyrant , Welles's interpretation was in keeping with Marxist dogma . Brutus , though , was played ...
... Brutus is pictured with equally approving emphasis because liberals cannot survive a period of civil strife . " In depicting Caesar as a tyrant , Welles's interpretation was in keeping with Marxist dogma . Brutus , though , was played ...
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