The veteran British actor recalls his life in the theater, the productions he participated in, and the actors and actresses who influenced him

AN Actor and His Time

Biographies & Memoirs

GIELGUD, John

Arts & Literature

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Shakespeare: Hit or Miss?

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SIDGWICK JACKSON

An actor and his time

John Gielgud tells the story of his life in the theatre, from the time of the great actor/managers like Tree and du Maurier and star actresses like Sarah Bernhardt and his own great aunt Ellen Terry, to his famous partnerships with Laurence Olivier and Ralph Richardson.

An Actor and His Time

Sidgwick Jackson Ltd

John Gielgud wrote letters almost every day of his adult life. Whether at home in London and later Buckinghamshire, or acting abroad or on location, he delighted in sitting down each morning and recounting what had been going on and what he felt about events around him. He was still writing just a few days before his death aged 96 in May 2000. His letters are treasured by the recipients and the problem for the editor will be in selection. He wrote in an increasingly idiosyncratic hand on specially made paper with an embossed letter-heading – he carried voluminous supplies around with him wherever he went. Through the letters, which begin with several hundred to his mother spread through the 1920s through to the second world war, Gielgud gives an enthralling picture of the life of an actor and other talents of the period: Olivier, Redgrave, Peggy Ashcroft, Edith Evans and the like. In films there’s a sharp portrait of the young Alfred Hitchcock. Nor, says the editor, is Gielgud shy of saying what he thinks. Here is great letter-writing before the age of e-mail.

Gielgud's Letters : John Gielgud in His Own Words

Weidenfeld&Nicolson

Early stages

Hodder&Stoughton Ltd

Backward Glances

A blend of anecdote, personal view of the theatre, and memories of his own performances and productions, from iconic actor Sir John Gielgud

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Reference

English as a Second Language

Stage Directions (Teach Yourself)

Sceptre

Distinguished company

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