Background
Gielgud, Arthur John was born on April 14, 1904 in London. Son of Frank and Kate (Terry-Lewis) Gielgud.
Gielgud, Arthur John was born on April 14, 1904 in London. Son of Frank and Kate (Terry-Lewis) Gielgud.
Student, Hillside Godalming, 1913-1918; student, Westminster School, 1918-1920; student, Lady Benson, 1920-1921; student, Royal Academy Dramatic Art, 1922-1923; Doctor of Laws (honorary), University St. Andrews, 1950; Doctor of Laws (honorary), University London, 1977; Doctor of Letters (honorary), Oxford (England) University, 1953.
Shakespeare's plays. Restoration comedies, The Constant Nymph, The Good Companions, Richard of Bordeaux, The Potting Shed, Ivanov, Forty Years On, The Battle of Shrivings, Home, Caesar and Cleopatra, Veterans, Bingo, Number Manitoba"s Land, Half-Life 1977, The Best of Friends 1988. Productions include: Shakespeare, Restoration drama, The Importance of Being Earnest, The School for Scandal, The Three Sisters, Dear Brutus, The Circle, The Heiress, The Lady’s not for Burning, Ivanov. Plays directed include: A Day by the Sea, The Chalk Garden, Nude with Violin, Five Finger Exercise, The Last Joke, Big Fish, Little Fish, School for Scandal, Halfway Up the Tree, Private Lives, The Constant Wife. Films played in include: The Barretts of Wimpole Street, Saint Joan, Julius Caesar, Richard III, Becket, The Loved One, Chimes at Midnight, Mister Sebastian, The Charge of the Light Brigade, The Tempest, Eagle in a Cage, Lost Horizon, 11 Harrowhouse, Murder on the Orient Express, Providence, Joseph Andrews, Caligula, Portrait of the Artist as a Young Manitoba, Aces High 1976, Romeo and Juliet (television) 1978, Richard II (television) 1978, Le Chef d’orchestre 1980, The Formula 1980, Brideshead Revisited (television) 1980, Arthur 1981, Priest of Love 1981, Sphinx 1981, Richard Wagner 1982, Inside the Third Reich 1982, The Shooting Party 1984, Plenty 1985, The Whistle Blower 1985, Appointment with Death 1987, Arthur 2: On the Rocks 1988, Loser Takes All, Summer’s Lease (television), Getting lieutenant Right 1989. Operas directed: The Trojans (Berlioz), A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Britten); Shakespeare recital: Ages of Manitoba in Europe, America and Australasia; Honorary Doctor of Laws (Saint Andrews) 1950; Honorary Doctor of Letters (Oxford) 1953, (London) 1977; Companion, Chevalier de la Legion d’Honneur"honneur; Best Supporting Actor (Arthur) 1981, Society of Film and television Arts 1974.President Shakespeare Reading Society since 1958, RADA 1977-1989, Honorary Fellow since 1989. New Standard Special.
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Member Shakespeare Reading Society (president since 1958), Royal Academy Dramatic Art(president 1977-1989).