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• Boz Temple-Morris

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By Jonathan Myerson. Drama exploring how Orson Welles changed the history of cinema with his production of Citizen Kane. Starring Lucas Aurelio and Laurel Lefkow

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Jeremy Aspinall

Writer Jonathan Myerson produces a fascinating conceit to chronicle the creative chutzpah of Orson Welles prior to the 1941 release of movie landmark Citizen Kane.

Framed by fictional exchanges between Welles’s protective producer John Houseman and a testy Marion Davies (furious that an “upstart boy” is daring to use press baron and her lover William Randolph Hearst as Kane’s template), this entertaining drama delivers a whistle-stop tour of the wunderkind’s ground-breaking impact on theatre and radio that preceded his controversial Hollywood debut — all before the age of 26.

A genuine five-star treat.

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rolenameJohn HousemanMiles JuppMarion DaviesLaurel LefkowOrson WellesLucas AurelioMacliammoir and othersNathan WileyToland and othersNigel WhitmeyBlitzstein and othersDanny Mahoney

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rolenameWriterJonathan MyersonProducerBoz Temple-MorrisDirectorBoz Temple-Morris

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