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3 days ago · Sir Arthur John Gielgud, OM, CH ( / ˈɡiːlɡʊd /; 14 April 1904 – 21 May 2000) was an English actor and theatre director whose career spanned eight decades. With Ralph Richardson and Laurence Olivier, he was one of the trinity of actors who dominated the British stage for much of the 20th century.
Jun 28, 2024 · Best Actor in a Leading Role is a British Academy Film Award presented annually by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) to recognize an actor who has delivered an outstanding leading performance in a film. Superlatives [ edit] Winners and nominees [ edit]
Jun 16, 2024 · There were factions of the theatrical community, particularly the jealous second-rater Donald Wolfit, who would have loved to have seen Gielgud ruined and run out of his profession, and this seemed the perfect opportunity.
Jun 23, 2024 · The adaptation starred Valentine Dyall as Henry, Sonia Dresdel as Margaret, John Glen as Edward and Donald Wolfit as Richard. In 1971, BBC Radio 3 presented a two-part adaptation of the trilogy by Raymond Raikes .
6 days ago · The film stars Peter O'Toole as Henry II and Richard Burton as Becket and features a supporting cast of prominent actors such as John Gielgud, Donald Wolfit, and Martita Hunt. Peter Glenville directs with a screenplay written by Edward Anhalt and James Costigan.
Jun 17, 2024 · After his departure from the Armed Forces, Ronald joined RADA, his stay lasting only 18 months. His time there would not propel him to stardom, but it would introduce him to agent Peter Crouch and result in him joining Sir Donald Wolfit’s company as a dresser, a baptism of fire with the last of the breed of actor-managers of the stage.
Jun 26, 2024 · The only outside visit in school hours that I can remember was to see Donald Wolfit in The Merchant of Venice at the local theatre, our 'set book' for School Certificate in 1945. Our education was affected by the gradual leeching of the younger teachers leaving for a more exciting life in the Forces and being replaced, inevitably, by ...
