Though the Plebeians support Julius Caesar and celebrate his return from Rome as the play opens, Caesar is famously warned to "Beware the ides of March," by the Soothsayer. Meanwhile, Caesar's popularity is such that the other Roman aristocrats, who rule as a body along with Caesar, fear that his popularity will cause the Plebeians to name him ...
A captivating compilation of two hundred intimate letters provides a candid portrait of one of the finest actors of the twentieth century, chronicling his eight-decade career, his personal life and love affairs, his homosexuality, his thoughts about his contemporaries and colleagues, and his most pe
How the new Wooden 'O' came to be built is an enthralling saga that -- with its byzantine plots and counter-plots, its idealists and its nay sayers -- might have appealed to Shakespeare himself. With Barry Day as our guide, we witness the events through the eyes of the participants -- a gathering of scholars, architects, archaeologists, actors, ...
Acclaimed, exciting, fully dramatized performances of twelve Conan Doyle classics. It's elementary that any Conan Doyle fan will want this splendid set of Sherlock Holmes mysteries-twelve timeless classics performed as radio theater.
Generally agreed to be Shakespeare's last play, THE TEMPEST was most likely written in 1610. Twelve years before the action begins, Prospero--Duke of Milan--and his daughter, Miranda, were stranded by Prospero's brother, Antonio, on a remote and idyllic island where Miranda has grown up happily among the beasts and flowers, never seeing any man ...
John Gielgud tells the story of his life in the theatre, from the time of the great actor/managers like Tree and du Maurier and star actresses like Sarah Bernhardt and his own great aunt Ellen Terry, to his famous partnerships with Laurence Olivier and Ralph Richardson.
Shakespeare probably wrote KING LEAR in 1605, but the action of the play takes place in the eighth century B.C. Lear, the elderly king of Britain, is ready to cease his rule and divide his kingdom among his three daughters. But his heart hardens against his youngest daughter, Cordelia, who refuses to give him the glib flattery he seeks, and he ...
The story of the great British prime minister and his era is brilliantly chronicled through the powerful speeches of Churchill, FDR, Truman, Eleanor Roosevelt, and others. Churchill's memoirs read by Sir Lawrence Olivier and Sir John Gielgud.
This new edition focuses on the Sonnets as poetry - sometimes strikingly individual poems, but often subtly interlinked in thematic, imagistic and other groupings. Gwynne Evans and Anthony Hecht also address the many questions that cast a veil of mystery over the genesis of the Sonnets: to what extent are they autobiographical? What is the nature ...
As a drama student at RADA and as a tyro actor in the 20s, Gielgud was a passionate playgoer, seeing everthing of note in the London theatre - ballet, revue and melodrama as well as straight plays. He attended the premieres of Shaw, O'Neill and A.A. Milne classics, and of course watched the leading players of his day. He kept every single ...
Revised and updated and published to coincide with his 85th birthday, this autobiography describes a long life in the theatre. Illustrated with photographs, some of which come from Sir John's own collection, the book documents an acclaimed career as well as 60 years of British theatre.
In this book, John Gielgud brings together his lifetime's experience of Shakespeare, as both actor and director, and illuminates the work and the man. Originally published as "Shakespeare - Hit or Miss?", this text retains the illustrations of Gielgud's career and also includes a new appendix.
This exciting fully dramatized, artfully repackaged, competitively priced series brings back to life the wizard of Baker Street. Among the stories included in this collection are The Blue Carbuncle, The Yoxley Case, The Norwood Builders, Solitary Bicyclist, The Final Problem and A Scandal in Bohemia.
The final play written by the famous Russian author, first published in 1904. It portrays the decline of the charming and doomed Ranevskaya family, and opens with Madame Ranevskaya returning debt-ridden to Russia after a five-year exile in Paris following the death of her son. The unscrupulous merchant Lopakhin convinces her that she can only ...
Ruth Draper was an acclaimed monologist who toured the world with her "cast of characters". This collection of letters is drawn from the diverse correspondences she kept during her extensive travels. Introduced by Sir John Gielgud, this book portrays her as a vibrant and sensitive character.
This is selection from the classic murder mystery stories by Arthur Conan Doyle, from radio performances by John Gielgud, Ralph Richardson and Orson Welles.
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