JOHN GIELGUD

In this comprehensive volume, we see the actor in a range of roles: loving son, wicked gossip, star actor, indecisive director, anguished lover, brilliant anecdotist. This splendid book reveals an infinitely complicated and attractive character. We may not look upon his like again Jonathan Croall, SpectatorThe above quotes sums it up - this astonishing collection of letters brings us up close to one of the foremost, and best loved, actors of this century. John Gielgud wrote letters almost every day of his adult life. Whether at home in London or abroad, he delighted in recounting what he felt about events around him. Here for the first time - and not previously available to biographers - are Gielguds love letters. They show that he was not shy is expressing the intimacies of personal relationships. He also loved gossip and writes about his contemporaries, including the great actors of period: Olivier, Richardson, Redgrave, Peggy Ashcroft, Edith Evans and the like. A revealing account but also a hugely warm and compelling insight into a man of many sides.

El insigne actor británico, recientemente fallecido, describe el mundo del teatro shakespeariano que él tan bien conoció. El libro se completa con varios interesantísimos apéndices que contienen análisis de obras, cuadernos de notas de direccion, criticas, etc. Una obra fundamental para todos los aficionados al teatro. John Gielgud nacio en Londres en 1904, su vocacion por el teatro se hizo patente desde muy temprano. Con el papel de Hamlet se establecio su reputacion como uno de los actores ingleses mas prometedores, consolidandose con Ricardo II, obra que tambien dirigio. Actor de gran versatilidad, represento una gran parte del repertorio shakespeariano ejerciendo tambien como director de escena y participando en diversas peliculas. Murio el 21 de mayo de 2000.