Adoration and Protest: Orson Welles and Dublin

Adoration and Protest: Orson Welles and Dublin

Three Castles Burning · 2024-07-07
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Orson Welles made his stage debut in Dublin. To him, The Gate Theatre would always be a part of the story of his own life development and professional career. Later, he returned to scenes of protest against the same theatre for hosting him. In time, all was forgiven and Welles would deliver an astonishing Q and A before a packed Dublin crowd who quizzed him on everything from American politics to the future of cinema.

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