Gielgud, Sir Arthur John, 1904-2000 (Knight, actor)
Person
Biography
Sir Arthur John Gielgud (1904-2000), knight; actor
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
File
Correspondence from Sir John Gielgud, 24 Aug. 1976-18 Mar. 1992 (Circa)
File
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).
Item
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)
Item
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).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
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Letters to Siegfried Sassoon
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Letters, and related items, purchased at Sotheby's sale, 14 December 1992, lot 119
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Letters from Glen Byam Shaw, (1904-1986), actor and theatrical director, (London and elsewhere), to Siegfried Sassoon; together with two letters to Glen Byam Shaw