Around the World in Eighty Days

Synopsis

Orson Welles's only attempt to write, direct and star in a lavish Broadway musical. Labelled 'Wellesapoppin' by one critic, Around The World has a sprightly score by Cole Porter. None of this work has been heard since 1946. Mr Phileas Fogg, a bachelor of means and exact habits, bets London's Whist Club that he can travel around the world in eighty days. Accompanied by Pat Passepartout, his Yankee valet, and Missus Aouda, an Indian maiden - and pursued by Detective Inspector Fix of Scotland Yard and Pat's Irish girlfriend Molly - Fogg journeys to Paris, Madrid, Brindisi, Suez, Bombay, Calcutta, Hong Kong, California, the Rocky Mountains, and New York before returning to London and winning the wager.

Latest User Review

rds - 8 July 2007:

Absolutely brilliant concert performance that was so imaginatively directed and acted that it didn't need scenary! A uniformly excellent cast under the masterfull control of Ian Marshall Fisher made this the highlight of my month, and that's after seeing Sweeney at the Festival Hall last night!!! Please someone take this up and get a fully staged version in Town. It's a hoot. ...

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