Simon Callow is a famous actor, director and writer. He has appeared in many films, including the hugely popular Four Weddings and a Funeral. Simon’s books include Being an Actor, Shooting the Actor, a highly acclaimed biography of Charles Laughton, Love is Where it Falls, an account of his friendship with Peggy Ramsay the great playwright agent. He also regularly writes for the Guardian.
Orson Welles vols I and II and III were hailed as masterpieces. Simon will continue the story describing the mayhem, genius and whirlwind world Welles creates as he makes many of his most famous films. Vol. IV will see delivery in 2024.
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Books
Being Wagner: The Triumph of the Will (2017).
Orson Welles, Volume 3: One-Man Band (2015).
Oscar Wilde and His Circle (2013).
Charles Laughton: A Difficult Actor (November 2012).
Shooting the Actor (May 2012).
Charles Dickens and the Great Theatre of the World (February 2012).
My Life in Pieces: An Alternative Autobiography (2010).
Dickens’ Christmas: A Victorian Celebration (2009).
Orson Welles, Volume 2: Hello Americans (2007).
Being an Actor (2004).
The Night of the Hunter (December 2000).
Shakespeare on Love (August 2000).
Love is Where it Falls: An Account of a Passionate Friendship (May 2000).
The National (1997).
Acting in Restoration Comedy (July 1996).
