John g The Authorised Biography of John Gielgud.
London.
Hodder and Stoughton, 2001.
First edition.
Large 8vo.
xvii, 510pp. Original publisher's black cloth, lettered in gilt, with original publisher's photographic dustwrapper. Corners a trifle bumped, wrapper a little scuffed and creased at the top panel. Presentation inscription to title page: 'Darling Joannie all love Sheridan'.
'Darling Joannie' is Joan Plowright (b.1929), award winning actress, and Laurence Olivier's third wife. Sheridan Morley (1941-2007) is an award-winning theatre critic, biographer, and broadcaster, who published twenty biographies of stars of the stage and screen throughout his career, including the first official biography of Noel Coward.
John Gielgud (1904-2000) was an English actor and theatre director who was part of 'the trinity' of 20th century stage acting, along with Laurence Olivier and Ralph Richardson. The rear panel of the dustwrapper of his biography reads 'The authorised biography of the greatest classical actor of all time.'
From the library of Laurence Olivier and his wife Joan Plowright, to whom many books were gifted over the length of his illustrious, industrious, and enduring career as one of the most important figures of stage and screen in the 20th century.
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John Gielgud (1904-2000) was an English actor and theatre director who was part of 'the trinity' of 20th century stage acting, along with Laurence Olivier and Ralph Richardson. The rear panel of the dustwrapper of his biography reads 'The authorised biography of the greatest classical actor of all time.'
From the library of Laurence Olivier and his wife Joan Plowright, to whom many books were gifted over the length of his illustrious, industrious, and enduring career as one of the most important figures of stage and screen in the 20th century.
