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Gielgud, Sir Arthur John, 1904-2000 (Knight, actor)

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Sir Arthur John Gielgud (1904-2000), knight; actor

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

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Correspondence from Sir John Gielgud, 24 Aug. 1976-18 Mar. 1992 (Circa)

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9225/5/102-105
Scope and Contents From the Fonds: Comprises correspondence and papers of Mary Hope Allen, as well as correspondence of her grandfather Robin Allen (1820-98), Secretary of Trinity House and a poet and critic, and of her father, Sir Ernest King Allen (1864-1937), Assistant Public Trustee 1915-23. Robin Allen's correspondents include 19th century politicians, artists, poets and critics such as W.E. Gladstone, Thomas Hardy, Lord Leighton, John Ruskin, Lord Tennyson, Arnold Toynbee and Mrs. Humphry Ward. There is a collection of...
Dates: 24 Aug. 1976-18 Mar. 1992 (Circa)
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Letter from John Gielgud, (b.1904), actor, (London), to Glen Byam Shaw, asking about Siegfried Sassoon's characteristics, has been told to act like him, Oct. 1928 (date inferred)

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8889/3/87 enclosure
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Re personal and theatrical news, including acting at Oxford Playhouse 1925-7, New York 1927-8, South Africa 1931, war service, teaching and directing at Old Vic after the war.

Dates: Oct. 1928 (date inferred)
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).