Orsons Shadow, Austin Pendleton
Orsons Shadow, Austin Pendleton
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Orson's Shadow

Author: Austin Pendleton

Narrator: Martin Jarvis, Full Cast

Unabridged: 1 hr 55 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 01/01/2003


Synopsis

Sir Laurence Olivier. Orson Welles. Vivien Leigh. Joan Plowright. Kenneth Tynan. When these champions of the theatre get together to rehearse Ionesco’s Rhinoceros, mere mortals best step aside. With lightning wit and scathing insight into the true nature of genius, Austin Pendleton’s play opens the private worlds of these very public people, exposing their warmth, their egos, and their glittering madness. Directed by Rosalind Ayres Producing Director: Susan Albert Loewenberg An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast performance featuring: Caroline Goodall as Joan Plowright Glenne Headly as Vivien Leigh Martin Jarvis as Laurence Olivier Robert Machray as Orson Welles Orlando Seale as Sean Simon Templeman as Kenneth Tynan Associate Producer: Susan Raab Recording Engineer/Sound Designer/Editor: David Kelly for Voice Box Studios Recorded before a live audience at the Skirball Cultural Center, Los Angeles in February 2003.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Steve

2.5 rounded up. A bit of an insider's play and enjoyment of it will depend on how much you care about this time period and Old Hollywood gossip. I did not know that Laurence Olivier was married to Vivien Leigh or Joan Plowright. But I also was not left wanting to know any more about them. For those......more

Goodreads review by Lily

Should’ve been called Vivien’s Shadow in my opinion! Even if slightly misogynistic, Pendleton seemed to be more interested in exploring her “wasted potential” and the complexities of the relationship between her and Olivier (here equally volatile to Leigh) than he was interested in Orson Welles’s ca......more

Goodreads review by Kayden

Pls can someone buy me a physical copy I listened to a audio version......more