As much a monolith as a man by the end of his life, Sir John Gielgud was, from the beginning of his career in the 1920s, an active, energetic workaholic. By turns actor, director, and producer, he was always proceeding to the next project before he had finished its predecessor. By the time of his death, he had appeared in hundreds of plays, hundreds of movies, and countless television programs. His voice and face were instantly identifiable, and there was something reassuring about his gentle, intensely civilized, slightly ...
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As much a monolith as a man by the end of his life, Sir John Gielgud was, from the beginning of his career in the 1920s, an active, energetic workaholic. By turns actor, director, and producer, he was always proceeding to the next project before he had finished its predecessor. By the time of his death, he had appeared in hundreds of plays, hundreds of movies, and countless television programs. His voice and face were instantly identifiable, and there was something reassuring about his gentle, intensely civilized, slightly abstracted demeanor. Such a major force in British and American theater deserves a similarly imposing biography, and he receives one in Croall's exactingly researched work, based on full access to Gielgud's papers, letters, and books--and showing it. Witty and well-written as well as well-researched, Croall's fine and complete portrait of the man and his endearing charm often reads more like a novel than like nonfiction.
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Good. Publisher: Continuum International Publishing Group, IncorporatedDate of Publication: 1993Binding: hard coverEdition: Condition: Good/GoodDescription: 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall 0826405800 Ex-Library Library discard. Numbers on jacket spine; stamped on top edge and frontmatter. Small label on title page. Otherwise very clean. 203 pages, Index.
