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sir john gielgud a life in letters sir john gielgud introduced and edited by richard mangan now in paperback a remarkable self-portrait by one of the greatest actors of the 20th century through his frank mesmerizing and intimate letters which are at once gloriously appallingly [and hilariously truthful new york times sir john gielgud was born in april 1904 and died in may 2000 at the age of 96 richard mangan is the curator of one of england s major theater collections he lives in london sir john gielgud best known to audiences for his academy award­winning turn in the hit comedy arthur as well as starring roles in gandhi and other major movies was an incomparable actor whose career on stage and screen spanned eight decades from his 1921 london stage debut to recent smash films like shine and elizabeth 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 200 gems through them we meet a man of keen mind and astute observation who met hundreds of luminaries many of whom he candidly assesses clearly delighting 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 show that he was never shy about expressing his intimate feelings in essence this is the autobiography that sir john gielgud never wrote · this is the only book authorized by gielgud s literary executors · among the hundreds of celebrities he knew and wrote about are greta garbo vivien leigh marlon brando edith piaf sir laurence olivier and lord alfred douglas who was oscar wilde s lover · the hardcover edition has received wide critical attention and garnered fantastic reviews from many of the major national publications including the new york times book review the wall street journal the los angeles times book review and the washington post book world · hardcover isbn 1-55970-729-1 an engaging epistolary chronicle of a great actor s life and times absolutely wonderful stuff it was as these letters make clear one hell of a life j o n at h a n ya rdley washingtonpostbookworld the letters recall another era of theatrical culture full of missteps and vulgarities naturally but differently gauged from our own how rare it is to encounter a self-critical spirit still doing its honest work after decades of world fame t h e wa l l st reetjournal promotion web marketing uk and translation rights orion 1-55970-755-0 $15.95 6 1/8 paper bac k autobiography 8 pages b/w photographs apr i l isbn 1-55970-755-0 ncr 1/4 x9 576 pages arcade 51595 ean 9 781559 707558 60 |

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