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Sir Arthur John Gielgud OM CH (/ˈɡiːlɡʊd/; 14 April 1904 – 21 May 2000), was an English actor and theatre director whose career spanned eight decades. With Ralph Richardson and Laurence Olivier, he was one of the trinity of actors who dominated the British stage for much of the 20th century. A member of the Terry family theatrical dynasty, he gained his first paid acting work as a junior member of his cousin Phyllis Neilson-Terry's company in 1922. After studying at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art he worked in repertory theatre and in the West End before establishing himself at the Old Vic as an exponent of Shakespeare in 1929–31.
During the 1930s Gielgud was a stage star in the West End and on Broadway, appearing in new works and classics. He began a parallel career as a director, and set up his own company at the Queen's Theatre, London. He was regarded by many as the finest Hamlet of his era, and was also known for high comedy roles such as John Worthing in The Importance of Being Earnest. In the 1950s Gielgud feared that his career was threatened when he was convicted and fined for a homosexual offence, but his colleagues and the public supported him loyally. When avant-garde plays began to supersede traditional West End productions in the later 1950s he found no new suitable stage roles, and for several years he was best known in the theatre for his one-man Shakespeare show, The Ages of Man. From the late 1960s he found new plays that suited him, by authors including Alan Bennett, David Storey and Harold Pinter.
Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (/ˈtʃɑːrlz ˈlʌtwɪdʒ ˈdɒdsən/; 27 January 1832 – 14 January 1898), better known by his pen name Lewis Carroll (/ˈkærəl/), was an English writer, mathematician, logician, Anglican deacon, and photographer. His most famous writings are Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, its sequel Through the Looking-Glass, which includes the poem Jabberwocky, and the poem The Hunting of the Snark, all examples of the genre of literary nonsense. He is noted for his facility at word play, logic, and fantasy. There are societies in many parts of the world dedicated to the enjoyment and promotion of his works and the investigation of his life.
Dodgson's family was predominantly northern English, with Irish connections, conservative and High Church Anglican. Most of Dodgson's male ancestors were army officers or Church of England clergy. His great-grandfather, also named Charles Dodgson, had risen through the ranks of the church to become the Bishop of Elphin. His paternal grandfather, another Charles, had been an army captain, killed in action in Ireland in 1803 when his two sons were hardly more than babies. The older of these sons – yet another Charles Dodgson – was Carroll's father. He went to Westminster School and then to Christ Church, Oxford. He reverted to the other family tradition and took holy orders. He was mathematically gifted and won a double first degree, which could have been the prelude to a brilliant academic career. Instead, he married his first cousin Frances Jane Lutwidge in 1827 and became a country parson.
Harold Pinter, CH, CBE (/ˈpɪntər/; 10 October 1930 – 24 December 2008) was a Nobel Prize-winning English playwright, screenwriter, director and actor. One of the most influential modern British dramatists, his writing career spanned more than 50 years. His best-known plays include The Birthday Party (1957), The Homecoming (1964), and Betrayal (1978), each of which he adapted for the screen. His screenplay adaptations of others' works include The Servant (1963), The Go-Between (1971), The French Lieutenant's Woman (1981), The Trial (1993), and Sleuth (2007). He also directed or acted in radio, stage, television, and film productions of his own and others' works.
Pinter was born and raised in Hackney, east London, and educated at Hackney Downs School. He was a sprinter and a keen cricket player, acting in school plays and writing poetry. He attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art but did not complete the course. He was fined for refusing National Service as a conscientious objector. Subsequently, he continued training at the Central School of Speech and Drama and worked in repertory theatre in Ireland and England. In 1956 he married actress Vivien Merchant and had a son, Daniel born in 1958. He left Merchant in 1975 and married author Lady Antonia Fraser in 1980.
From the old LP, "Sir John Gielgud in His Greatest Rôles", which I turned into mp3 in 2004. 0:01 This Too Too Solid Flesh (1.2) 2:17 What a Rogue and Peasant Slave am I (2.2) 5:47 To Be, or Not to Be (3.1) Read Along: 1.2: http://shakespeare.mit.edu/hamlet/hamlet.1.2.html 2.2: http://shakespeare.mit.edu/hamlet/hamlet.2.2.html 3.1: http://shakespeare.mit.edu/hamlet/hamlet.3.1.html I assume (but can't verify) that these are the same 1948 recordings that you can now get on CD here: http://www.amazon.com/dp/9626344172/ Selections from the album: I. Richardson on Gielgud and Gielgud on Hamlet: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JGXtUjb7jKo&fmt;=18 II. (this video) III. Hamlet (The Closet Scene with Gertrude): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g4pv6iUt9Gs&fmt;=18 ...
Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh read by Sir John Gielgud.
(via Wikipedia) "Sir Arthur John Gielgud, (14 April 1904 -- 21 May 2000) was an English actor, director, and producer. He achieved early international acclaim for his youthful, emotionally expressive Hamlet which broke box office records on Broadway in 1937. He was known for his beautiful speaking of verse and particularly for his warm and expressive voice, which his colleague Sir Alec Guinness likened to "a silver trumpet muffled in silk". Gielgud is one of the few entertainers who have won an Oscar, Emmy, Grammy, and Tony Award." Here, in a more commercial work which gave him his 1st Academy Award. 1981: Winner for Best Supporting Actor, for Arthur. He' s outstanding.
Documentary in Memory of the great English Actor Sir John Gielgud
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll read by Sir John Gielgud. Label: Nimbus Records. 1989
Carol Burnett and Joel Grey presenting John Gielgud with the Best Supporting Actor Oscar® for his performance in "Arthur" at the 54th Academy Awards® in 1982.
A rare version 1975 of The Grand Inquisitor from Dostoevsky's The Brothers Karamazov produced by the Open University. Inquisitor: John Gielgud, Prisoner: Michael Feast, Other characters: Victor Hooper & Mark Ezra, John Dolan, Translation: Jeremy Brooks & Kitty Hunter Blair, Costumes: Brian Cox, Make-up: Maggie Webb, Produced by Richard Argent
Radio drama starring John Gielgud, Michael Hordern, Joan Greenwood, Simon Ward. An episode from the BBC radio anthology series 'Saturday Night Theatre'. Starring Sir John Gielgud Michael Hordern Joan Greenwood Simon Ward Broadcast on 10 March 1981.
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Sir John Gielgud audio interview 1994. Firstly apologies for the sound quality but this was archive material and these were tape borne problems, with the original recording. Sir John was a legend and one of our fine, grand actors. He talks about his childhood, then moving on to the war years. Also talks about Marlon Brando and Laurence Olivier. His career as a major actor and Theatre director spanned almost 8 decades and was during a time of the first Hollywood "greats" and he talks about some of them. The last time I saw him was when he unveiled Oscar Wilde's green plaque in Suffolk Street, W1 and he was on fine form for a man of over 90 years of age. A true legend and a wonderful interview from the great man.
Sir John Gielgud said that "he had what every actor in Hollywood wants: talent. And what every actor in England wants: looks". Younger brother of Tamasin Day-Lewis. Turned down a role in Cutthroat Island (1995). Got to know his future wife Rebecca Miller while working on The Crucible (1996), the film version of her father Arthur Miller's play. Dedicated his 2008 SAG Award to Heath Ledger, who was one of his favorite actors. His father was of Northern Irish and English descent. His mother was from a Jewish family that emigrated to the U.K. from Poland and Latvia.
Born in London, England, John Gielgud trained at Lady Benson's Acting School and RADA, London. Best known for his Shakespearean roles in the theater, he first played Hamlet at the age of 26. He worked under the tutelage of Lilian Bayliss with friend and fellow performer Laurence Olivier and other contemporaries of the National Theatre at the "Old Vic", London. He made his screen debut in 1924.
Listen to the full audiobook: http://copydl.space/mabk/30/en/B000H5UYK4/book This outstanding historical recording made in 1941 for radio is widely regarded as one of the finest Hamlet performances ever, and one of John Gielgud's greatest moments. Though he went on to record it for commercial release, nothing matched this recording in the Bbc studios, made before the days of editing.
The audio drama performed by The Shakespeare Recording Society. Sir John Gielgud Sir Michael Hordern Leo McKern Keith Michell and cast Copyright 1960 Caedmon, The Shakespeare Recording Society, Inc. Published by HarperCollinsAudioBooks
Hamlet by William Shakespeare. Radio drama starring John Gielgud as Hamlet Dorothy McGuire as Ophelia Pamela Brown as Queen An episode of the radio anthology series 'Theatre Guild on the Air' broadcast on 4 March 1951.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0028231/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secret_Agent_(1936_film) This Movie has fallen into the Public Domain and can now be watched for free and in full on YouTube.
BBC 3 Radio Drama performed by the Renaissance Theatre Company. Cast in order of speaking: Kent - Keith Michel Cloucester - Richard Briers Edmund - Kenneth Branagh Lear - John Gielgud Goneril - Judi Dench Cordelia - Emma Thompson Regan - Eileen Atkins Albany - John Shrapnel Cornwall - Robert Stephens Burgundy - Denis Quilley France - Derek Jacobi Edgar - Iain Glen Oswald - Bod Hoskins Knight - Simon Russell Beale Fool - Michael Williams First Gentleman - Nickolas Grace Curan - Sam Dastor Servant - Harry Towb Old Man - Maurice Denham First Messenger - Bernard Cribbins Second Gentleman - Matthew Morgan Second Messenger - Nicholas Boulton Captain - Sam Dastor Herald - Peter Hall Other parts played by members of the company. Directed by Glyn Dearman. Music by Patrick Doyle. Broadcast on ...
The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde (1951). Produced by Peter Watts Lady Bracknell - Edith Evans John Worthing - John Gielgud Gwendolen - Gwen Ffrangcon-Davies Cecily - Angela Baddeley Algernon - Ronald Ward Canon Chasuble - David Horne Miss Prism - Betty Hardy Merriman - Roger Delgado Lane - John Turnbull