Word: gielguds
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...School for Scandal, by Richard Brinsley Sheridan, turns a Broadway stage into an 18th century drawing room. John Gielgud, Ralph Richardson and Geraldine McEwan give of their stylish best to this durable comic classic...
...like ciao in Italian), a tale about lovers who meet as a result of a love affair between his wife and her husband (Oct. 18) A limited-run production of Sheridan's The School for Scandal opens on Broadway Jan. 21, starring Sir Ralph Richardson and Sir John Gielgud, who will also direct. Sidney Kingsley's first play in eight years is called Night Life (Oct. 23). It takes place in a key club, has 28 people onstage throughout, and is written in what Kingsley calls "a free and new use of verbal imagery...
...attempting? They are trying--without benefit of proper costumes, sets, makeup, context, and story--to capture and convey three-dimensional characters almost instantaneously, whether from farce, comedy, romance or tragedy. This requires real genius to bring off. And neither Miss Hayes nor Mr. Evans is that gifted. Sir John Gielgud is; but the wondrous success he had with his solo Shakespearean. evening, "The Ages of Man," should not be interpreted as encouragement to everyone with an Equity card to "go, thou, and do likewise...
...London's square-mile ancient center, as 360 dignitaries gathered for the opening of the first City of London festival. Diamond tiaras twinkled in the well-Established audience on hand to see an "entertainment" on the City's history by Poet John Betjeman, assisted by Sir John Gielgud and 74-year-old Comedian Randolph Sutton. Toward the end, Sutton broke out in an old, faintly scabrous music-hall ditty, and invited the audience to sing along. High sheriffs shuffled, bankers balked, field marshals fidgeted. Then a strong, clear voice rose from the austere assemblage. And as Queen Elizabeth...
...noisily shouts its appreciation for his movingly perfect performance. Appearing in the U.S. for the first time, Scofield was preceded by a reputation hard to live up to. From Kenneth Tynan to Richard Burton, British critics and actors place him among the contemporary greats, ranking him with Olivier and Gielgud. No one who has seen A Man for All Seasons will quibble for a moment. The son of a schoolmaster, Scofield learned his actor's trade as a member of the Birmingham Repertory, played Shakespeare at Stratford on Avon and a brilliant roster of contemporary roles on the London...