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Simon Callow: Orson Welles at 100

Not just a great actor, Simon Callow has now also shown that he is a gifted biographer. In One-Man Band, the third volume of his biography of cinema giant Orson Welles, Callow skilfully charts the later years of Welles’ life, painting a vivid and often very funny portrait of a troubled genius enduring a cocktail of triumph and decline.

In this event, recorded at the Edinburgh International Book Festival on 18 August 2016, Callow reveals an actor’s insights into a highly complex artist.

Duration:

56 minutes