Word: gielgud
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...School for Scandal (Command; three records, $14.94). Style is the touchstone of the 18th century, and style is the capstone of this play and these players in the Sheridan classic. In the 20th century theater, John Gielgud's English ranks above the king's. In the rest of the all-star cast, Ralph Richardson is a gem-crusty Sir Peter Teazle and Geraldine McEwan is a minx of rare merit as Lady Teazle...
...Anna Massey, 25, Raymond's hazel-eyed daughter, won rave reviews in the London production of The Miracle Worker, added to her reputation in the Gielgud-Richardson School for Scandal, is now starred in a revival of The Doctor's Dilemma. Equally talented is her brother Daniel, 29, whose wit and whimsy set the fairy-tale mood of Broadway's airy musical She Loves...
Edwin Booth, of course, acted the first 100 in 1864-65 in New York; Irving doubled this in 1874 in London for the record. Tree performed more than 100 at the Haymarket in 1892. John Barrymore ran 101 performances in 1922-23 (to purposely top Booth). Gielgud's London run in 1934 ran 155 performances, and he then was seen in the role in 1936 in New York and ran 132 performances. Maurice Evans almost equaled the latter...
...reference to your citation that "only four actors have played Prince Hamlet more than 100 times in a single production" (Irving, Tree, Gielgud and Burton), your reporter must have meant only in London...
...Burton asked for a part, Coghill said he was sorry but the play was all cast. Burton's native aggressiveness flashed to the surface. "Let me understudy the leading man," he said wickedly. Undermine would have been a better word. When Measure for Measure opened?with people like John Gielgud and Terence Rattigan in the audience, for the O.U.D.S. was as important then as now?guess who was striding the boards as Angelo.- Binky Beaumont of H. M. Tennent Ltd., London's most powerful theatrical producer, was also there. He told Richard to stay alive and look him up when...