Some say that Orson Welles was a genius, but he always denied that. He did give us Citizen Kane, considered by most critics to be the best film ever made, but after that, his career took one long downward plunge.

The play finds Welles trying to find the financing for one of his film projects. It's a difficult task, since most of the Hollywood community considers him to be a "screwball". Pondering his life with his "other self", he tells us about his alcoholic father, his lonely years as a "gifted child", his rise as the "boy genius" of Broadway and the War of the Worlds radio broadcast that panicked America and made his name a household word. But "genius" can be self-destructive - as was the case with Welles. Time after time, with a new post-Kane success within his grasp, he would knowingly make the wrong move, thereby destroying everything he'd built.

Containing wry stories about William Randolph Hearst, Columbia Pictures' Harry Cohn, and Rita Hayworth, Michael B. Druxman's Orson Welles is the "boy genius" at his best.

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1 hour and 9 minutes
Author

Michael B. Druxman
Narrator

Edward E. French
Publication date

October 12, 2012
Language

English
Publisher

Michael B. Druxman
ASIN

B009PIQPN4
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Unabridged
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Listening Length	1 hour and 9 minutes
Author	Michael B. Druxman
Narrator	Edward E. French
Audible.com Release Date	October 12, 2012
Publisher	Michael B. Druxman
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Marian Hailey

Genius and Demons

Reviewed in the United States on June 8, 2012

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This is an informative and touching monologue of one of the great geniuses of film.A wonderful
venue for an actor and a fascinating read for the layman and theater/movie person alike. Mr. Druxman
has a keen wit and is sensitive to the inner and outer conflicts of the man he has portrayed here as
Orson Welles. Bravo!

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Understanding the GENIUS that is ORSON WELLES

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The great Orson Welles, the genius of film also of stage and radio and TV;"the magnificent Welles" has become a fabulous 2act - 1 person audio book play brought to us by the gifted writer Michael Druxman
The voice of the narrator is Edward French but he sounds like Welles. As the play moves on it is hard to tell what words belong to Druxman and what is Welles and French's voice becomes Welles' voice. So it is very much like listening to Welles speaking directly to me. By the end of the 'book or play or whatever' I think I know more about the man and understand a little more of the why...(perhaps Welles needed to develop his post-production skills or just not take vacations.)

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