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Gielgud : a theatrical life
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- ISBN: 0826413331 (alk. paper)
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Physical Description:
xii, 579 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
print - Publisher: New York : Continuum, 2001.
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| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 551-555) and index. |
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| Subject: | Actors Great Britain Biography Gielgud, John Sir 1904- |
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Gielgud : A Theatrical Life, 1904-2000
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Table of Contents
Gielgud : A Theatrical Life, 1904-2000
| Section | Section Description | Page Number |
|---|---|---|
| Introduction | p. vii | |
| Prologue | p. xi | |
| Part 1 | Early Stages 1904-1929 | p. 1 |
| 1 | A Terry Childhood | p. 3 |
| 2 | Gielgud Minor | p. 14 |
| 3 | Atkins, RADA and Playfair | p. 28 |
| 4 | Oxford Apprenticeship | p. 47 |
| 5 | Coward, Chekhov and Komisarjevsky | p. 62 |
| 6 | Man about Town | p. 75 |
| 7 | The Search for Stardom | p. 86 |
| 8 | Mrs Pat and Lilian Baylis | p. 96 |
| Part 2 | Lord of the West End 1929-1937 | p. 111 |
| 9 | The Old Vic | p. 113 |
| 10 | Matinee Idol | p. 131 |
| 11 | Young Producer | p. 148 |
| 12 | Richard of Bordeaux | p. 161 |
| 13 | Hamlet | p. 174 |
| 14 | Saint-Denis and The Seagull | p. 190 |
| 15 | Enter Larry | p. 203 |
| 16 | A Prince on Broadway | p. 220 |
| Part 3 | Shakespeare in Peace and War 1937-1948 | p. 235 |
| 17 | Actor-Manager | p. 237 |
| 18 | Binkie, Earnest and Elsinore | p. 257 |
| 19 | Barker and King Lear | p. 277 |
| 20 | ENSA and Macbeth | p. 289 |
| 21 | The Haymarket Season | p. 306 |
| 22 | Travelling Player | p. 323 |
| Part 4 | Rise and Fall 1948-1968 | p. 339 |
| 23 | Rattigan, Fry and Burton | p. 341 |
| 24 | Stratford and Peter Brook | p. 355 |
| 25 | From Hollywood to Hammersmith | p. 369 |
| 26 | Dark Days | p. 382 |
| 27 | One Man and His Show | p. 400 |
| 28 | Othello to Albee | p. 416 |
| 29 | A Sense of Direction | p. 432 |
| Part 5 | Indian Summer 1968-2000 | p. 447 |
| 30 | Oedipus and Home | p. 449 |
| 31 | Peter Hall and Pinter | p. 462 |
| 32 | The Road to Brideshead | p. 478 |
| 33 | Late Stages | p. 489 |
| 34 | 'Major Movie Star' | p. 501 |
| 35 | Swan Songs | p. 514 |
| Conclusion | p. 531 | |
| Chronology | p. 534 | |
| Source Notes | p. 546 | |
| Bibliography | p. 551 | |
| Acknowledgements | p. 556 | |
| Index | p. 559 |
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