Sir John Gielgud

She was cremated and her ashes interred at Rottingdean. At a memorial service held in November, John Gielgud read the lesson and Vita Sackville-West 's son Nigel Nicolson gave the address. EB 's papers...

The actor John Gielgud was EC 's second cousin. On occasion he performed at her Barn Theatre in Kent.

Milton had his first big London success in 1922, and before Royde-Smith married him she had praised his magnetic performance as Hamlet. Over the course of his career he also tried his luck as a...

JT carefully guarded her privacy. Former neighbours reported that she was very reclusive and did most of her writing in a tiny summerhouse. The Inverness Courier's account of her death notes that she did...

On an early visit to London, JT was deeply moved by John Gielgud 's Hamlet, and subsequently began a professional relationship with him. Each played an important role in the other's career: Gielgud helped JT

NJ said one of the greatest influences on her after her mother was the actress Gladys ffolliott . Her friends in the music-hall and the theatre included a roster of distinguished and less distinguished...

She had a remarkably catholic talent for friendship. During her student days she became a friend of Philip Larkin and Kingsley Amis . Her correspondents at this and later periods of her life included her...

During the Second World War EB became friendly with photographer Cecil Beaton (with whom she exchanged plays), Lady Diana Cooper , and actress Dame Edith Evans . Later she also became a friend of MGM

John Gielgud persuaded Daviot to revise the play after this initial production, the result of which, he claims, was that she improved the play, by a few brilliant strokes, almost beyond recognition. Until these...

John Gielgud and Peggy Ashcroft performed in Twelfth Night in the Barn Theatre; it was on this night that CSJ first met her new neighbours Vita Sackville-West and Harold Nicolson .

The play was a moderate success, and ran for just over one hundred performances. The Punch reviewer praised it for its effect of well-pondered apprehended reality, which gave the spectator the impression of being...

The Charioteer's focus on homosexuality caused great concern to MR 's publishers. She had not published anything for five years, and this novel was a significant departure from her earlier work. In Britain her...

She was in the middle of writing a play when her husband died, and she found she could not go on with it. She was still pretty desolate four years later, when Gielgud and...

In addition to a memorial service and speeches, these annual tributes usually included scenes from Shakespeare performed by well-known actors such as John Gielgud and Sybil Thorndike . Playwright Clemence Dane gave a memorial speech...

After studying at RADA, NS went on the stage, where she gained experience of everything from classic roles to revues and pantomime. Her first engagement was with the Charles DoranShakespeare an Company where she...