The Blessed and the Damned is the title of a program of two one-act plays staged by Orson Welles in 1950, which he also wrote and starred in.[1] Le Monde called the show a masterpiece of scenic art.[2] The performance included filmed elements.[3]
Eartha Kitt and Hilton Edwards were also featured players,[4] as were Suzanne Cloutier, Jennifer Howard, and Pittsburgh-born Jamie Schmitt, prior to adopting his better-known stage name, Jamie Smith.
A photo of Welles and others discussing work on the show exists.[5]
The two plays were Time Runs and The Unthinking Lobster. Indiana University's Lilly Library has a playbill for the shows. The University of Michigan's archives acquired a script for The Unthinking Lobster.[6][7]
Cast
editUnless otherwise indicated, credits derived from This Is Orson Welles.[8]
The Unthinking Lobster
edit- Miss Pratt – Suzanne Cloutier as Miss Pratt
- Roland Zitz – Jamie Smith (as Jamie Schmitt)
- Jake Behoovian – Orson Welles
- Leander Place – George Lloyd
- Archduke – Frederick O'Brady
- Archbishop – Hilton Edwards
Time Runs
edit- Dr. John Faustus – Orson Welles
- Mephistopheles – Hilton Edwards
- Helen/Chorus – Eartha Kitt
- First man – Lee Zimmer
- Woman – Jennifer Howard
See also
edit- The Miracle of St. Anne, a short film that was part of the performance
References
edit- ↑ Welles, Orson (October 7, 2002). Orson Welles: Interviews. Univ. Press of Mississippi. ISBN 9781578062096 – via Google Books.
- ↑ Anile, Alberto (September 25, 2013). Orson Welles in Italy. Indiana University Press. ISBN 9780253010414 – via Google Books.
- ↑ Rosenbaum, Jonathan (May 2, 2007). Discovering Orson Welles. University of California Press. ISBN 9780520251236 – via Google Books.
- ↑ Welles, Orson (1915-1985); Welles, Orson (1915-1985); Kitt, Eartha (1927-2008); Edwards, Hilton (1903-1982); Welles, Orson (1915-1985) Metteur en scène Auteur du texte; Welles, Orson (1915-1985) Acteur; Kitt, Eartha (1927-2008) Acteur; Edwards, Hilton (1903-1982) Acteur (February 9, 1950). "Time runs / mise en scène d'Orson Welles; texte d'Orson Welles; avec Orson Welles, Eartha Kitt, Hilton Edwards...[et al.]". catalogue.bnf.fr.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ↑ "When 17 year old Orson Welles "almost broke up" the Gate Theater in..." Getty Images.
- ↑ Buckley, Cara (April 24, 2017). "Orson Welles's Diaries and Scripts Head to Archive (Published 2017)" – via NYTimes.com.
- ↑ "Richard Wilson - Orson Welles Papers 1930-2000". quod.lib.umich.edu.
- ↑ Welles, Orson; Bogdonavich, Peter; Rosenbaum, Jonathan, ed. (1992). This Is Orson Welles. New York : HarperCollins. pp. 405, 406. ISBN 0-06-016616-9.
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