Gielgud on Gielgud

by JohnGielgud (Author)

• Used

  Hardcover
  2000

  $3.24

  This title combines two volumes of memoirs by Sir John Gielgud. Comprising Stage Directions which is about stagecraft, and An Actor and His Time , it seeks to give accounts of the English theatre, dinner-party chat, dressing room encounters, and whispered asides on stage.

• Used

  Paperback
  2001

  $4.47

  Sir John Gielgud displayed a remarkable talent for writing as well as performing, publishing several books about his life and profession. This unique volume brings together two of these for the first time: EARLY STAGES, his classic memoir of childhood, of growing up and taking to the stage, with vivid evocations of his family and the people he knew and worked with, from his great aunt Ellen Terry to Noel Coward, Somerset Maugham and Peggy Ashcroft; and BACKWARD GLANCES, a collection of essays in which Gielgud shares memories of a life lived to the full, reflects on a range of theatrical matters, and draws witty and affectionate portraits of friends and colleagues such as Sybil Thorndike, Vivien Leigh and Charles Laughton. Written with grace, erudition, warmth and wit, GIELGUD ON GIELGUD provides an irresistible insight into the world of Sir John Gielgud.