| Description | John Gielgud was born on 14 April 1904. To mark his centenary and the publication of Gielgud's Letters, this is the first reading of his frank and enthralling correspondence which gives a vivid picture of his life, and views of Olivier, Redgrave, Ashcroft, Evans and Brando amongst others. He wrote almost every day, beginning in the 1920s with letters to his mother and continuing until a few days before his death in 2000.
A selection of the letters will tell the story of Sir John's remarkable life and will be performed by seven voices alongside Shakespeare's 'Seven Ages of Man'.With Paul Ready, Patrick Marlowe, Nicholas Rowe, Julian Wadham, Oliver Cotton, Frank Barrie, Patrick Godfrey
Directed by Lucy Pitman-Wallace |