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The Blessed and the Damned is the title of a program of two one-act plays staged by Orson Welles in 1950, which he also wrote and starred in. Le Monde called the show a masterpiece of scenic art. The performance included filmed elements.

Eartha Kitt and Hilton Edwards were also part of the show.

A photo of Welles and others discussing work on the show exists.

The two plays were Time Runs and The Unthinking Lobster. Indiana University's Lilly Library has a playbill for the shows. The University of Michigan's archives acquired a script for The Unthinking Lobster.

See also

• The Miracle of St. Anne, a short film that was part of the performance

References

1. Welles, Orson (October 7, 2002). Orson Welles: Interviews. Univ. Press of Mississippi. ISBN 9781578062096 – via Google Books.
2. Anile, Alberto (September 25, 2013). Orson Welles in Italy. Indiana University Press. ISBN 9780253010414 – via Google Books.
3. Rosenbaum, Jonathan (May 2, 2007). Discovering Orson Welles. University of California Press. ISBN 9780520251236 – via Google Books.
4. Welles, Orson (1915-1985); Welles, Orson (1915-1985); Kitt, Eartha (1927-2008); Edwards, Hilton (1903-1982); Welles, Orson (1915-1985) Metteur en scène Auteur du texte; Welles, Orson (1915-1985) Acteur; Kitt, Eartha (1927-2008) Acteur; Edwards, Hilton (1903-1982) Acteur (February 9, 1950). "Time runs / mise en scène d'Orson Welles; texte d'Orson Welles; avec Orson Welles, Eartha Kitt, Hilton Edwards...[et al.]". catalogue.bnf.fr.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
5. "When 17 year old Orson Welles "almost broke up" the Gate Theater in..." Getty Images.
6. Buckley, Cara (April 24, 2017). "Orson Welles's Diaries and Scripts Head to Archive (Published 2017)" – via NYTimes.com.
7. "Richard Wilson - Orson Welles Papers 1930-2000". quod.lib.umich.edu.

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