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COM.ONIXSUITE.9781611454727 03 01 Skyhorse Publishing 01 GCOI 60239100908030 01 SKU 611472 02 1611454727 03 9781611454727 15 9781611454727 BC 1 A01 Gielgud, John John Gielgud <b>Sir John Gielgud</b> was one of the twentieth century’s finest actors of stage and screen and one of the very few to win an Oscar, Tony, Grammy, and Emmy. He died in 2000. 2 B01 Mangan, Richard Richard Mangan <b>Richard Mangan</b> is an administrator of the Raymond Mander and Joe Mitchenson Theatre Collection in Greenwich, England. He also edited John <i>Gielgud’s Notes from the Gods</i>. He lives in England. 01 eng 576 00 576 03 03 0 03 BIO000000 10 LCO011000 01 Here is a remarkable autobiography of one of the greatest actors of the twentieth century, seen through his frank, mesmerizing, and intimate letters. Sir John Gielgud, best known to audiences for his Academy Award–winning turn in the hit comedy <em>Arthur</em>, as well as starring roles in <em>Gandhi</em> and other major movies, was an incomparable actor whose career on stage and screen spanned eight decades, from his 1921 London stage debut to more recent smash films like <em>Shine </em>and <em>Elizabeth</em>. John Gielgud wrote letters almost every day of his adult life, whether at home in England or abroad. From thousands of letters, beginning with those to his mother when Gielgud was an aspiring but still unknown actor, the editor has chosen these two hundred gems.<p>Through them we meet a man of keen mind and astute observation, who met hundreds of luminaries of his day. Gielgud candidly assesses his contemporaries and clearly delights in gossip. He had a lifetime reputation for speaking his mind, and here for the first time are his love letters, which were never available to his biographer, and through his eyes, hundreds of luminaries—Marlon Brando, Greta Garbo, Vivien Leigh, and Sir Laurence Olivier—in “a book for anyone who cares about the art of theater” (<em>Show Busines</em>s).</p> 02 Here is a remarkable autobiography of one of the greatest actors of the twentieth century, seen through his frank, mesmerizing, and intimate... 04 03 72 01 http://www.skyhorsepublishing.com/resources/titles/60239100908030/images/60239100908030L.jpg 07 03 72 01 http://www.skyhorsepublishing.com/resources/titles/60239100908030/images/60239100908030S.jpg http://www.skyhorsepublishing.com/book/?GCOI=60239100908030 Arcade Publishing 01 Skyhorse Publishing 20120501 01 9 in 02 5 in 03 0.8 in 08 22 oz 07 6300065 National Book Company, Inc. http://www.wwnorton.com 02 WORLD 02 Y 20130501 20 20120501 18 01 02 LONG 02 16.95 USD