“Being a trailblazer in both radio and the stage, Welles adapted many of his stage productions for the wireless. The Internet Archive has posted many of these recordings online, which you can listen to for free. The selection includes performances of Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet, Richard III, Macbeth and, of course, Julius Caesar, among others. In most cases, these recordings – along with a few set photos – are the only documents left of Welles’s groundbreaking productions.”
Tag: 03.22.14
How Mark Twain Became an American Superstar
A trip to Hawaii and a hastily arranged lecture in San Francisco transformed the young and debt-ridden journalist’s life.
Why France Is Losing Its Entrepreneurs
“France has been losing talented citizens to other countries for decades, but the current exodus of entrepreneurs and young people is happening at a moment when France can ill afford it.”
Behind The Glitz And Glamor Of New York’s Creative Class: Despair And Financial Ruin
“It’s a city where you go to the rock show or the play or watch the fashion runway at Lincoln Center, and just about everyone on that stage is barely making ends meet even though they look like they have it all and more.”
It’s Terrifying To Make Films, But They Must Be Made
Richard Ayoade: “You do this thing that is completely personal and invested and then you find yourself on T4 trying to see if you can throw a hoop over Justin Bieber’s erect nipple and you go, ‘I’m in the most absurd kind of weird light-entertainment world anyway.'”
Gene Feist, Founder Of Roundabout Theatre Company, Dies At 91
“Carving out a 150-seat performance space in a basement under a supermarket in Chelsea (now home to the comedy troupe Upright Citizens Brigade) and drawing an audience with an inexpensive subscription offer (three plays for $5 — the first season had 400 subscribers), Mr. Feist assembled a schedule made up largely of revivals of classic plays from various eras.”
Why We’re All (Yes, All Of Us) Terrible At Giving Gifts
“These sort of things ostensibly make for great gifts because they communicate something beyond practicality. They communicate that the giver cares. But do the recipients care? Often, no.”
No One Can Agree About The Site In Afghanistan Where The Taliban Destroyed Ancient Buddhas
“The debate has roiled Unesco and many of its donors, which years ago appointed an Expert Working Group that has been meeting annually for a decade on the fate of the site, and that so far has been able to agree only to preserve the niches where the statues stood and stabilize them against further damage.”
Is The World Ready To Laugh At Hitler?
“Books don’t have to educate or turn people into better human beings – they can also just ask questions. If mine makes some readers realise that dictators aren’t necessarily instantly recognisable as such, then I consider it a success.”
Hollywood + Bible = Scary, But Also Potentially Lucrative
“If that interest then [develops] into controversy, and if the censorship word comes in, if certain countries start banning it, then that in itself will arouse a little bit of interest, maybe even suspicion. And people will walk through the theater doors, [when earlier] perhaps they thought, ‘Oh, maybe not.'”