Man schreibt den Sommer 1593. Der junge William Shakespeare leidet unter einer Schreibblockade, i...

Paris 1870: Die Pariser Oper wird von einem unheimlichen Geist terrorisiert, der versucht, Einflu...

A brilliant biography of the young Orson Welles, from his prodigious childhood and youth, his tri...

The reason for the decline of Orson Welles's career is a hotly debated issue, but decline it cert...

In One-Man Band, the third volume in his epic survey of Orson Welles' life and work, Simon Callow...

A companion volume to Being an Actor, Callow's classic text about the experience of acting in the...

The creator of the Hunchback of Notre Dame, Henry VIII and Captain Bligh, Charles Laughton's care...

An entertaining biography of Dickens by one of our finest actors

When Simon Callow met the Yugoslav film director Dusan Makavejev to discuss his new film Manifest...

This is an examination of 'The Night of the Hunter', Charles Laughton's only outing as a film dir...

How are great turning points in history experienced by individuals?As Britain pulls away from Eur...

Simon Callow plunges headlong into Wagner's world to discover what it was like to be Wagner, and ...