The theater works of Orson Welles

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The theatre works of Orson Welles

I . Introduction

George Orson Welles became known as an American actor who is also into radio , motion picture and theatrical producer . He was born Kenosha Wisconsin on May 6 , 1915 . He finished his high school in Woodstock Illinois and began his acting career with the Gate Theatre in Dublin Ireland , in 1931

Two years later he toured the United States with Katherine Cornell and in 1937 founded the Mercury Theatre , the same year producing actors in modern-dressed

version of Shakespeare 's Julius Caesar . Among his other stage production were Christopher Marlowe 's Dr . Faustus (1937 ) in which he played the title role and Thomas Dekker 's The Shoemaker 's Holiday

Welles made Mercury text recording of Shakespeare 's plays , at the same time producing radio broadcasts . The War of the Worlds , broadcast in 1938 , a fictionalized narrative of the invasion of earth by creatures from other planets , is said to have created panic in the New York Metropolitan area because of its realism , although there has been some misgivings recently on the account of write-ups that there was real panic leading people to vacate the area

In 1940 , Welles began his motion picture career as producer , writer director , and actor . His most notable motion picture , which has received current acclaim as the Hollywood 's most important work to have produced was Welles 's Citizen Kane , released in 1941 . Other more prominent works includes The Magnificent Ambersons (1942 , Journey into Fear...