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MORLEY,SHERIDAN**: : JOHN G: The Authorised Biography of John Gielgud.[Author SIGNED copy.]

LONDON.HODDER & STOUGHTON,2001.

ISBN 0340368039.

UK,thick 8vo HB+dw/dj,author SIGNED,1st edn.FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn but author's black ink handwritten,expansive signature - without dedication,and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,b/w contemporary subject portrait photographic illustrated upper wrap with gilt lettering; theatre interior colour photographic illustrated rear wrap; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top+fore-edges bright and clean, contents bright,tight and pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - an unread copy? Bright,clean, unblemished,publisher's original,plain black cloth bds with bright,crisp,stamped gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate speckled grey eps.UK,thick 8vo HB+dw/dj,author SIGNED,1st edn,ix-xviipp+1 -510pp [paginated] includes illustrations list/table,acknowledgements,27 chapters, 24pp of contemporary b/w photographs in 3 blocks of 8pp apiece,between pp142/3, pp238/9 and pp350/1 respectively,a chronology,a biblio,an index; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages, dedication and contents list/ table. Want more GIELGUD-related titles? For similar and other available titles use keywords q52_JOHN GIELGUD - or please search my BIOGRAPHY,GENERAL and SIGNED catalogues. John Gielgud has no place in the history of 20thC British theatre for the simple reason that he was that history.In a career spanning almost eighty years on stage and screen,radio and television,he effectively reinvented Shakespeare for the modern stage; he was the first great Hamlet of our time; with his brother Val he virtually created BBC radio drama; decades before the founding of the National Theatre or the RSC,he pioneered the idea of a resident classical company in the West End.He made stars of Alec Guinness and Paul Scofield as well as hundreds of other actors,directors and designers; from Peter Brook to Peter Greenaway,he worked with all the revolutionary artists of his time. The great-nephew of Ellen Terry, John was the bridge from the 19thC to the 21stC,and he was the founder and last survivor of a group of clasical actors (Laurence Olivier, Ralph Richardson, Michael Redgrave, Peggy Ashcroft, Sybil Thorndike and Edith Evans) such as the world had never seen and will never see again. Twelve years before his death,John Gielgud invited Sheridan Morley to become his only authorised biographer,handing over to him letters and diaries and personal files.In addition to this huge archive,Morley has interviewed more than two hundred of John's colleagues,friends, rivals and critics to form a fully rounded and detailed portrait of the great man. Alongside hitherto unpublished views from contemporaries such as Laurence Olivier and Ralph Richardson,Morley fully researches the events surrounding John's 1953 arrest for homosexual soliciting - an incident that helped eventually change the law in Britain. 'JOHN G: The Authorised Biography' is the story of one remarkable man in his time, playing many parts across a lifetime of ninety-six years,in private and in public. Following years of research and access to the subject's personal archive,Sheridan Morley has produced the definitive portrait of one of the most-loved actors of the 20thC. One of the theatre's greatest legends,Sir John Gielgud (1904-2000) spent almost 80 of the 96 years of his life appearing in countless plays that saw him portray every major Shakespearean role.He worked up to a month before his death,performing in over 50 films and numerous television productions when he was not busy with his stage work.He won British Academy Awards for Best Actor in 1954 for the role of Cassius in 'Julius Caesar' and Best Supporting Actor in 1975 for portraying Mr. Beddoes in 'Murder on the Orient Express'.He was nominated for the Academy Awards for Best Supporting Actor in 1965 for his role of King Louis VII in 'Becket' and won in 1982 for portraying Hobson, Arthur's valet,in 'Arthur'. See also the following,sequential alpha-numerical book ID (rja3014/8) for a subject SIGNED,related title - biography of Laurence Olivier - also SIGNED by OLIVIER. Please contact seller,because of the weight and the value of this item,for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!

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