The Legion of Decency (Free subscription) | 23/11/2008
I had the extreme good fortune of seeing each of the "Three Knights" perform onstage. The Knights being Sir Laurence Olivier, Sir John Gielgud and Sir Ralph Richardson, three of the English language's greatest actors. To many (including the first two on the list) Richardson was considered the best of them all. But I never saw any of the performances that made and established his reputation. Instead...
International Herald Tribune (Free subscription) | 04/11/2008
The new West End production of "No Man's Land," at the Duke of York's Theatre, feels somehow incomplete, while a theatrical potpourri called "La Clique" at the Hippodrome makes for an evening that is by turns clever and common, eye-popping and sometimes pretty silly.
Whatsonstage.com (Free subscription) | 03/11/2008
Evening Standard critic Nicholas de Jongh's debut play Plague Over England::E8821204540545 received strong reviews when it premiered in February in a sell-out four-week run at the intimate Finborough Theatre in Earl's Court. But when the long...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 28/10/2008
We have 10 sets comprising a copy of Never Apologize on DVD and a copy of the book, Never Apologise: The Collected Writings, to give away
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 26/10/2008
'Malcolm, have you been to the set? I've never seen so much cock in all my life! Oh do tell me if you think they're pubescent or shaved!' Malcolm McDowell's on-stage memoir about his cinematic mentor may be billed as a tribute to Lindsay Anderson, but it's his account of John Gielgud's excitement while filming Caligula (recently released uncut for the first time in the UK) which raises the biggest...
atHome Top Story (Free subscription) | 20/10/2008
Anthony Hopkins, Ian McKellen and Cate Blanchett are among hundreds of famous faces captured during the intense moments before going onstage in a new exhibition by a British photographer.
Reuters UK (Free subscription) | 17/10/2008
LONDON (Reuters) - Anthony Hopkins, Ian McKellen and Cate Blanchett are among hundreds of famous faces captured during the intense moments before going on stage in a new exhibition by a British photographer.
First Drafts (Free subscription) | 08/10/2008
1) Olivier vs Gielgud Everyone knows that Laurence Olivier is more famous than John Gielgud. But here’s a curious thing. Gielgud was ezxtraordinary in the Granada ‘Bridehead’ as Charles Ryder’s father. It is unthinkable that the part could be played differently or better. Olivier was OK (as Olivier usually was on TV). But no better than [...]
Whatsonstage.com (Free subscription) | 08/10/2008
Rupert Goold's production of Harold Pinter's No Man's Land opened in the West End last night (7 October 2008, previews from 27 September) to an audience including the playwright himself as well as a plethora of celebrity guests (See Also Today'...
Whatsonstage.com (Free subscription) | 08/10/2008
Yes, but what does it all mean? Kenneth Tynan railed against the gratuitous obscurity of Harold Pinter's poetic 1975 play when it was first produced by Peter Hall at the National starring John Gielgud as the supplicant versifier Spooner and Ralph R...
The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 08/10/2008
More than 30 years ago, as a young student, I reeled out of the premiere production of Harold Pinter's No Man's Land (1975) blown away by both the mysterious power of the play and the thrilling, mould-breaking performances of John Gielgud and Ralph Richardson.
Diary From England (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008
I was a big fan of the tv series, “Brideshead Revisited”. It was probably one of the greatest tv adaptations of a classic British novel ever created. The series featured the cream of British acting talent including Anthony Andrews, Jeremy Irons, Laurence Olivier and Sir John Gielgud. Based on one of the most celebrated books in English literature by Evelyn Waugh, the tv series enjoyed great success,...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 04/10/2008
Thorold Dickinson's 1949 film The Queen of Spades has been called 'a masterpiece' by Martin Scorsese - so why is his work not better known? Philip Horne celebrates a daring director who was beset by bad luck
Channel 4 (Free subscription) | 02/10/2008
Malcolm McDowell stars as the insane Roman emperor in the notorious, uncut version of Tinto Brass's 'porn' epic produced by 'Penthouse' boss Bob Guccione. Read our review. Rating:2
The Herald (Free subscription) | 02/10/2008
First, the important stuff: Aloysius is alive and well. There had been rumours that the teddy bear had been given his marching orders from Julian Jarrold’s Brideshead Revisited, but here he is, in the arms of dear, dear Sebastian once more.
