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Orson's Shadow review " Welles and Olivier lock horns over Ionesco by Michael Billington

Southwark Playhouse, LondonTwo gigantic egos clash during an ill-fated production of Rhinoceros in a drama built from showbiz gossip and uninspired guessworkDramatists are entitled to distort the facts. However, Austin Pendleton, in this speculative piece about Orson Welles's ill-fated attempt to direct Laurence Olivier in Ionesco's Rhinoceros in 1960, indulges in what I'd call prosaic licence: by that I mean that hi…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:02AM on July 7, 2015

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