John Gielgud Knihy

Set during the French Revolution, the two cities in question are Paris and London and the tale is one of the tragedies that take place therein.

Kniha věnovaná dílu Williama Shakespeara – letos si připomínáme 400. výročí jeho narození – představí v chronologickém pořadí dvanáct jeho dramat (Kupec benátský, Jak se vám líbí, Mnoho povyku pro nic, Romeo a Julie, Sen noci svatojánské, Večer tříkrálový, Zkrocení zlé ženy, Hamlet, Král Lear, Mackbeth, Othello a Bouře) a přiblíží i jejich inspirační zdroje i okolnosti jejich vzniku. Každá ze Shakespearových divadelních her je doplněna vstupy věnovanými vnějším projevům doby – např. renesanční módě, architektuře, italské literatuře, cestám Angličanů na jih, vztahu starého kontinentu ke koloniím – a historickým souvislostem. Životem a dílem geniálního dramatika provázejí kromě textů bohaté ilustrace Renáty Fučíkové.

In "An Actor and His Time" John Gielgud tells the story of his life in the theatre - a story already enjoyed by millions of radio listeners and which tells of the plays he starred in and directed, and of the actors and actresses he knew. And, as the curtain rises on Ellen Terry, on Sarah Bernhardt, on Mrs Patrick Campbell, Sir Ralph Richardson, Richard Burton and many others, sixty glorious years of British theatre unfold before our eyes.

'In this comprehensive volume, we see the actor in a range of roles: loving son, wicked gossip, star actor, indecisive director, anguished lover, brilliant anecdotist¿This splendid book reveals an infinitely complicated and attractive character. We may not look upon his like again' Jonathan Croall, SpectatorThe above quotes sums it up - this astonishing collection of letters brings us up close to one of the foremost, and best loved, actors of this century. John Gielgud wrote letters almost every day of his adult life. Whether at home in London or abroad, he delighted in recounting what he felt about events around him. Here for the first time - and not previously available to biographers - are Gielgud's love letters. They show that he was not shy is expressing the intimacies of personal relationships. He also loved gossip and writes about his contemporaries, including the great actors of period: Olivier, Richardson, Redgrave, Peggy Ashcroft, Edith Evans and the like. A revealing account but also a hugely warm and compelling insight into a man of many sides.