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John Gielgud
Birth date: April 14, 1904
Died: May 21, 2000
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BrokenTune
BrokenTune rated it 5 years ago
LEONTES Is whispering nothing? Is leaning cheek to cheek? Is meeting noses? Kissing with inside lip? Stopping the career Of laughter with a sigh?—a note infallible Of breaking honesty. Horsing foot on foot? Skulking in corners? Wishing clocks more swift, Hours minutes, noon midnight? And all ...
The Bittern
The Bittern rated it 12 years ago
My favourites:Romeo & JulietMuch Ado About NothingHamletMeasure for MeasureOthelloMy least favourites:The Comedy of ErrorsThe Taming of the ShrewLove's Labour's LostHenry VIIIHenry VI Part I-IIIUnderrated:Troilus & CressidaTimon of AthensThe Two Noble KinsmenOverrated:As You Like ItHenry IV Part IHe...
Themis-Athena's Garden of Books
Themis-Athena's Garden of Books rated it 13 years ago
Based on works such as the poems "Prufrock" (1917) and "Ash Wednesday" (1930) and the drama "Murder in the Cathedral" (1935), American-born and naturalized British poet and future Nobel laureate T(homas) S(tearns) Eliot – also founder and editor of the literary journal "Criterion" – was already an e...
Bettie's Books
Bettie's Books rated it 15 years ago
Narrated by Sir Derek Jacobi-------------------------------------------------------------John Gielgud wrote letters almost every day of his adult life. Whether at home in London and later in Buckinghamshire, or acting abroad or on location, he delighted in sitting down each morning and recounting wh...
Clif's Book World
Clif's Book World rated it 17 years ago
I listened to the audio version of this Shakespeare play a year ago and just now noticed that I didn't add it to my Goodreads list of books. So I'm adding it belatedly. Because of the passage of time, it's plot isn't so fresh in my mind. I do recall that it is unique for Shakespeare in that the au...
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