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27. Guy Hamilton, quoted in Drazin, In Search of the Third Man.
28. Greene, The Third Man.
29. Quoted in Brigitte Timmerman, The Third Man’s Vienna. Shippen Rock Publishing, 2005.
30. Cole Lesley, The Life of Noël Coward. Jonathan Cape, 1976.
31. Kohler, Fragments on Life with Orson Welles.
32. Elizabeth Montagu, Honourable Rebel: The Memoirs of Elizabeth Montagu, Later Elizabeth Varley. Montagu Ventures, 2003.
33. Ibid.
CHAPTER 2
1. Elizabeth Montagu, Honourable Rebel: The Memoirs of Elizabeth Montagu, Later Elizabeth Varley. Montagu Ventures, 2003.
2. Ibid.
3. Jonathan Lynn, correspondence with the author, June 2014.
4. Micheál MacLiammóir, Put Money in Thy Purse. Foreword by Orson Welles. Methuen, 1976.
5. Ibid.
6. Rita Kohler, Fragments on Life with Orson Welles 1947–1949.
7. Betsy Blair, The Memory of All That: Love and Politics in New York, Hollywood, and Paris. Alfred A. Knopf, 2003.
8. Nicholas Shakespeare, ‘Journey to the End of the World’, Daily Telegraph Magazine, 16th October 1993.
9. New York Times, 9th June 1949.
10. George Fanto, Reminiscences of Working with Orson Welles, from his unpublished memoir, Hungarian Life.
11. Ibid.
12. MacLiammóir, Put Money in Thy Purse.
13. Alberto Anile, Orson Welles in Italy. Indiana University Press, 2013.
14. Blair, The Memory of All That.
15. Alexandre Trauner, interview with O. Eyquem, September 1984.
16. Ibid.
17. MacLiammóir, Put Money in Thy Purse.
18. Jean-Pierre Berthomé, ‘The Labyrinths of Othello’, in Orson Welles at Work. Phaidon, 2008.
19. Oberdan Troiani, quoted in Anile, Orson Welles in Italy.
20. Ibid.
21. Ibid.
22. Fanto, Reminiscences of Working with Orson Welles.
23. Blair, The Memory of All That.
24. Fanto, Reminiscences of Working with Orson Welles.
25. MacLiammóir, Put Money in Thy Purse.
26. Fay Compton, diary entry, written during the making of Othello (unpublished). Courtesy of Joe Pelissier.
27. Ibid.
28. MacLiammóir, Put Money in Thy Purse.
CHAPTER 3
1. Fay Compton, diary entry, written during the making of Othello (unpublished). Courtesy of Joe Pelissier.
2. Ibid.
3. Alvaro Mancori, quoted in Alberto Anile, Orson Welles in Italy. Indiana University Press, 2013.
4. Alexandre Trauner, interview with O. Eyquem, September 1984.
5. Alvaro Mancori, quoted in Anile, Orson Welles in Italy.
6. Fay Compton, Othello diary.
7. Ibid.
8. Orson Welles, letter to Hilton Edwards and Micheál MacLiammóir, quoted in Christopher Fitzsimmons, The Boys: A Double Biography. Nick Hern Books, 1994.
9. Mancori, quoted in Anile, Orson Welles in Italy.
10. George Fanto, Reminiscences of Working with Orson Welles.
11. Orson Welles, letter to George Fanto, 19th February 1950, Lilly Library Orson Welles Archive.
12. Truman Capote, letter to Andrew Lyndon, 1st November 1949.
13. Le Parisien Libéré, 3rd May 1950.
14. L’Aurore, 4th May 1950.
15. France-Soir, 5th May 1950.
16. Jennifer Howard, letter to the author, September 1989.
17. Eartha Kitt, Tuesday’s Child. Cassell, 1957.
18. Ibid.
19. Jennifer Howard, letter to the author, September 1989.
20. John L. Williams, America’s Mistress: The Life and Times of Eartha Kitt. Quercus, 2013.
21. New Leader, September 30th 1950.
22. René MacColl, Daily Express, 17th June 1950.
23. Jean Cocteau, programme essay for The Blessed and the Damned, June 1950.
24. Georges Beaume, ‘Orson Among Us’, programme note for The Blessed and the Damned, June 1950.
25. Jean-François Reille, Arte, 7th July 1950.
26. Art Buchwald, ‘Paris After Dark’, International Herald Tribune, 22nd June 1950.
27. Francis Koval, Sight and Sound, December 1950.
28. Daniel Farson, Sacred Monsters. Bloomsbury, 1988.
29. Williams, America’s Mistress.
CHAPTER 4
1. Micheál MacLiammóir, Each Actor on His Ass. Methuen, 1952.
2. Ibid.
3. Kenneth Ames, ‘Orson Puzzles the Long Haired’, Daily Telegraph, 6th September 1950.
4. Orson Welles, ‘Thoughts on Germany’, The Fortnightly Review, May 1951.
5. MacLiammóir, Each Actor on His Ass.
6. Hilton Edwards, letter to Orson Welles, 30th September 1950.
7. Hilton Edwards, letter to Orson Welles, 13th October 1950.
8. Francesco Lavagnino, unattributed interview, Lilly Library Orson Welles Archive.
9. Corriere della Sera, 29th November 1950.
10. Fay Compton, diary entry, written during the making of Othello (unpublished). Courtesy of Joe Pelissier.
11. David Robinson, The Times, October 1992.
CHAPTER 5
1. Picture Post, 21st April 1951.
2. Elaine Dundy, Life Itself! Virago, 2001.
3. Leslie Megahey, ‘The Orson Welles Story’, Arena, 18th May 1982.
4. Harry Alan Towers, taped statement, March 1990.
5. Margaret Harris, interview with the author, 1990.
6. Maxine Audley, interview with the author, 1990.
7. Gudrun Ure, interview with the author, March 1989.
8. Oreste Tesei, Oggi, 13th September 1951, quoted in Alberto Anile, Orson Welles in Italy. Indiana University Press, 2013.
9. Orson Welles, ‘Thoughts on Germany’, The Fortnightly Review, October 1951.
10. Elaine Dundy, Finch, Bloody Finch: A Biography of Peter Finch. Michael Joseph, 1980.
11. Peter Wilsher, Newcastle Evening News, 27th September 1951.
12. Newcastle Chronicle, 3rd October 1951.
13. Peter Wilsher, Newcastle Evening News, 27th September 1951.
14. Gudrun Ure, interview with the author, March 1989.
15. Newcastle Evening News, 2nd October 1951.
16. Newcastle Evening Chronicle, 2nd October 1951.
17. Brian Blacklock, letter to the author, 19th September 1999.
18. Manchester Guardian, 9th October 1951.
19. Manchester Evening News, 9th October 1951.
20. Oldham Chronicle, 9th October 1951.
21. Diana Boddington, interview with the author, November 1989.
22. W. A. Darlington, Daily Telegraph, 19th October 1951.
23. P. L. Mannock, Daily Herald, 19th October 1951.
24. C. V. Curtis, The Stage, 24th October 1951.
25. Stephen Williams, Evening News, 19th October 1951.
26. Harold Hobson, Sunday Times, 21st October 1951.
27. T. C. Worsley, New Statesman, 19th October 1951.
28. Ibid.
29. Percy Harris, interview with the author, September 1989.
30. Christopher Morahan, interview with the author, September 1989.
31. Laurence Olivier, quoted in Peter Noble, The Fabulous Orson Welles. Hutchinson, 1956.
32. News Chronicle, 19th October 1951.
33. Kenneth Tynan, Evening Standard, 19th October 1951.
34. Ibid.
35. Dundy, Life Itself!
36. Kenneth Tynan, letter to Julian Holland, 4th March 1942.
37. Kenneth Tynan, ‘The New Playboy of the Western World’, King Edward School Chronicle, 1
943.
38. Kenneth Tynan, letter to Julian Holland, 19th May 1944.
39. Kenneth Tynan, The Sketch, 24th October 1951.
40. Ibid.
41. Orson Welles, interview with Kathleen Tynan, 12th February 1983.
42. Maxine Audley, interview with the author, September 1989.
43. Gudrun Ure, interview with the author, March 1989.
44. Harry Alan Towers, taped statement, 1990.
45. Alberto Moravia, Europeo, 12th December, quoted in Anile, Orson Welles in Italy.
46. Alberto Mondadori, Epoca, 8th September 1951, quoted in Anile, Orson Welles in Italy.
47. Angelo Solmi, Oggi, 13th December 1951, quoted in Anile, Orson Welles in Italy.
48. Moravia, Europeo, quoted in Anile, Orson Welles in Italy.
49. Vittorio Bonicelli, Il Tempo, 15th December 1951, quoted in Anile, Orson Welles in Italy.
50. Laurence Olivier, letter to Orson Welles, 13th November 1951.
51. Orson Welles interview with Kathleen Tynan, 12th February 1983.
52. Christopher Fitzsimmons, The Boys: A Double Biography. Nick Hern Books, 1994.
CHAPTER 6
1. Michael Stern ‘Wine, Women and Money’, True, August 1953.
2. James Naremore, The Magic World of Orson Welles. Oxford University Press, 1978.
3. Orson Welles and Peter Bogdanovich, ed. Jonathan Rosenbaum, This Is Orson Welles. HarperCollins, 1992.
4. Eric Bentley, New Republic, 3rd October 1955.
5. Jean Desternes, Débat sur le réalisme, September 1948.
6. Francis Koval, Sight and Sound, December 1950.
7. Michael Kustow, Peter Brook: A Biography. Bloomsbury, 2005.
8. Peter Noble, The Fabulous Orson Welles. Hutchinson, 1956.
9. Ibid.
10. Ibid.
11. Lucio Fulci, quoted in Alberto Anile, Orson Welles in Italy. Indiana University Press, 2013.
12. Tatti Sanguineti, quoted in Anile, Orson Welles in Italy.
13. Orson Welles, ‘The Third Audience’, delivered August 1953, printed in Sight and Sound January–March 1954.
14. Richard Negri, interview with the author, 1989.
15. Peter Williams, Dance and Dancers, October 1953.
16. William Hickey, Daily Express, 8th September 1953.
17. John Barber, Daily Express, 8th September 1950.
18. Daily Telegraph, 8th September 1950.
19. Times Educational Supplement, 11th September 1953.
20. All quoted from Peter Noble, The Fabulous Orson Welles. Hutchinson, 1956.
21. Val Adams, ‘Random Notes on a Shakespearean Rehearsal’, New York Times, 18th October 1953.
22. Letter to the author from David Thomas, to whom Saudek told the story.
23. Robert MacCauley, interviewed by Richard France.
24. Newsweek, 26th October 1953.
25. Peter Brook, introductory essay to the reissue of King Lear on DVD.
26. Philip Hamburger, The New Yorker, 31st October 1953.
27. John Crosby, Herald Tribune, 19th October 1953.
28. Philip Minoff, Cue, 29th October 1953.
29. Ibid.
30. Ibid.
31. Ibid.
32. Richard Watts Jr, New York Post, 19th October 1953.
CHAPTER 7
1. Sergio Leone, quoted in Alberto Anile, Orson Welles in Italy. Indiana University Press, 2013.
2. Orson Welles and Peter Bogdanovich, ed. Jonathan Rosenbaum, This Is Orson Welles. HarperCollins, 1992.
3. Orson Welles, ‘For a Universal Cinema’, Film Culture, No. 1, January 1955.
4. Ralph Waldo Emerson, Essays: First Series. James Munroe, 1841.
5. Robert Arden, interview with the author, 1989.
6. Orson Welles, Mr Arkadin (screenplay).
7. Orson Welles (attributed), Mr Arkadin (novel), W. H. Allen, 1956.
8. Gary Giddins, New York Sun, 11th April, 2006.
9. Orson Welles (attributed), Mr Arkadin (novel), introduction by Robert Polito, new edition as part of the Criterion Collection edition of the film, 2006.
10. Parker Tyler, ‘Orson Welles and the Big Experimental Film Cult’, Film Culture, No. 29, Summer 1963.
11. Patricia Medina, Laid Back in Hollywood: Remembering. Belle Publishing, 1998.
CHAPTER 8
1. Huw Wheldon, letter to his father, quoted in Wynn Wheldon, Kicking the Bar. Unbound, 2016.
2. TV Mirror, April 1955.
3. Daily Telegraph, April 1955.
4. Evening News, London.
5. Kendall Macdonald, ‘Orson Welles Will Star for Rival TV’, Evening News, 26th April 1955.
6. John Gielgud, quoted in Jonathan Croall, John Gielgud: Matinee Idol to Movie Star. Methuen Drama, 2011.
7. Daily Mail, 9th May 1955.
8. Duffield, outline for Moby-Dick, in Antepast, 1947, Lilly Library Orson Welles Archive.
CHAPTER 9
1. John Huston, An Open Book. Macmillan, 1980.
2. Ibid.
3. Wolf Mankowitz, interview with the author, 1989.
4. Press release, May 1955.
5. Joan Plowright, And That’s Not All. Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2001.
6. Ibid.
7. Patrick McGoohan, interview with Arnold Hano, TV Guide, 1977.
8. Gareth Bogarde, interview with the author, 1989.
9. Ibid.
10. Plowright, And That’s Not All.
11. Wolf Mankowitz, interview with the author, 1989.
12. Oscar Lewenstein, interview with the author, 1989.
13. Plowright, And That’s Not All.
14. Daily Mail, 4th June 1955.
15. Kenneth Williams, Just Williams: An Autobiography. JM Dent & Sons, 1985.
16. Kenneth Williams, Diaries, ed. Russell Davies. HarperCollins, 1993
17. Patrick McGoohan, interview with Arnold Hano, TV Guide, 1977.
18. Daily Telegraph, 13th June 1955.
19. Gareth Bogarde, interview with the author, 1989.
20. Peter Sallis, interview with the author, 1989.
21. New York Times, 16th June 1955.
22. Elizabeth Frank, News Chronicle, 17th June 1955.
23. Daily Mail, 17th June 1955.
24. John Barber, Daily Express, 17th June 1955.
25. The Times, 17th June 1955.
26. T. C. Worsley, Financial Times, 18th June 1955.
27. Richard Watts Jr, New York Times, 12th July 1955.
28. Robert Otway, Sunday Graphic.
29. Eric Bentley, New Republic, July 1955.
30. Kenneth Tynan, Observer, 19th June 1955.
31. Peter Hall, in conversation with the author, June 1980.
32. Plowright, And That’s Not All.
33. Peter Sallis, Fading Into the Limelight. Orion, 2006.
34. Williams, Just Williams.
35. Plowright, And That’s Not All.
36. Ibid.
37. John Houseman, Front and Center. Simon & Schuster, 1979.
38. Punch, November 1955.
39. Wolf Mankowitz, interview with the author, 1989.
40. Ibid.
41. Ann Rogers, interviews with the author, 1989–1998.
42. New York Times, 9th July 1955.
43. Richard Wilson, letter to Orson Welles, 1949.
CHAPTER 10
1. Alain Pol, The Dominici Affair. La Huit, 2000.
2. Orson Welles, interview with André Bazin and Charles Bitsch, Cahiers du Cinéma, June 1958.
3. Lael Wertenbaker, ‘Orson Welles: Nasty, Enchanting’, Keene Sentinel, 16th October 1968.
4. Associated-Rediffusion, press statement.
5. L. Marsland Gand
er, Daily Telegraph, 5th November 1955.
6. Kenneth Williams, Diaries, ed. Russel Davies. HarperCollins, 1993.
7. Christopher Lee, interview with Lawrence French, wellesnet.com, 13th June 2009.
8. Peter Sallis, taped statement.
CHAPTER 11
1. Ann Rogers, notebook entry, 30th October 1955.
2. Michael Moynihan, News Chronicle, 30th November 1955.
3. Ibid.
4. Walter Kerr, Theatre Arts, September 1951.
5. Don Ross, ‘Welles is Back in Full Crisis’, New York Herald Tribune, 8th January 1956.
6. Ed Murrow Show, broadcast, 25th November 1955.
7. New York Herald Tribune.
8. Richard Maney, Fanfare: The Confessions of a Press Agent. HarperCollins, 1957.
9. Eric A. Gordon, Mark the Music: The Life and Work of Marc Blitzstein. St Martin’s Press, 1989.
10. Orson Welles, ‘The Return of the Prodigy’, interview in Cue, 14th January 1956.
11. Proposal for King Lear, 1947, Lilly Library Orson Welles Archive.
12. Orson Welles, ‘Tackling King Lear’, New York Times, 8th January 1956.
13. Alvin Epstein, interview with the author, 1989.
14. Orson Welles, interview with Saul Levison, World-Telegram, 30th November 1955.
15. John Maxtone-Graham, interview with the author, 1989.
16. Ibid.
17. Eric Bentley, ‘New Republic’, 1956, collected in In Search of Theatre. Dobson, 1954.
18. John Maxtone-Graham, interview with the author, 1989.
19. Geraldine Fitzgerald, interview with the author, 1989.
20. Michael Lindsay-Hogg, Luck and Circumstance. Alfred A. Knopf, 2011.
21. Julian Barry, interview with Museum of Broadcasting.
22. John Maxtone-Graham, interview with the author, 1989.
23. Alvin Epstein, interview with the author, 1989.
24. John Maxtone-Graham, interview with the author, 1989.
25. Ibid.
26. Barbara Leaming, Orson Welles: A Biography. Viking, 1985.
27. Quoted in George Oppen-heimer (ed.) The Passionate Playgoer. Viking, 1958
28. Alvin Epstein, interview with the author, 1989.
29. Brooks Atkinson, New York Times, 13th January 1956.