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Director wants George to introduce boy and two neighbours at play (5,6)

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I believe the answer is:

orson welles

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'director' is the definition.
(film director)

'wants george to introduce boy and two neighbours at play' is the wordplay.
'wants george' becomes 'orwell' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'to introduce' means one lot of letters goes inside another (to introduce to can mean to insert or include).
'boy' becomes 'son' (synonyms).
'and' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'two neighbours at play' becomes 'ES' (East and South players in a game of bridge).
'orwell' enclosing 'son' is 'orsonwell'.
'orsonwell'+'es'='ORSON WELLES'

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(Other definitions for orson welles that I've seen before include "Actor" , "Director of the film Citizen Kane" , "Colossus of the performing arts" .)

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