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This is one of the greatest spoken word recordings ever made!Great Recording of the wonderful Interrogation of Lady Bracknell (Margaret RUTHERFORD, later famous as MISS MARPLE) and Jack (Ernest) Worthing (John Gielgud), which all the priceless quips and non sequiturs of Wilde's sparkling wit. John Gielgud – The Importance Of Being Earnest, Scene From Act I / Lady Windermere's Fan, Scene From Act IIILabel: Decca – DU 90012, Decca – DU-90012Format: Vinyl, 12", 78 RPMCountry: USReleased: Genre: Non-Music, Stage & ScreenStyle: Spoken WordA The Importance Of Being Earnest, Scene From Act IVoice Actor – Margaret RutherfordB Lady Windermere's Fan, Scene From Act IIIManufactured By – Decca Records, Inc.Speech – Donald Bain (tracks: B), John Gielgud, Malcolm Keen (tracks: B), Margaret Rutherford (tracks: A), Richard Wordsworth (tracks: B), Stringer Davis (tracks: B)Written-By – Oscar WildeWith orig Jacket Orig Issue US Decca vinyl 12" 78 rpm record Condition: Better than EXCELLENT PRISTINE plays EXCEPTIONALLY QUIETJacket great tiny tattering top edgeA CHOICE COPYSir Arthur John Gielgud, OM, CH (14 April 1904 – 21 May 2000), known as Sir John Gielgud, was an English theatre and film actor. He is generally regarded as one of the greatest English actors in history.CareerArthur John Gielgud was born in South Kensington in London to a Protestant mother, Kate Terry, and a Catholic father Frank Gielgud and was raised a Protestant. Gielgud had a head start in the theatrical profession, being a great nephew of Dame Ellen Terry. His elder brother was Val Gielgud who was a pioneering influence in BBC Radio. [edit] Early stagesAfter Westminster School, where he gained a King's Scholarship, Gielgud trained at RADA and had his initial success as a stage actor in classical roles, first winning stardom during a successful two seasons at the Old Vic Theatre from 1929 to 1931 where his performances as Richard II and Hamlet were particularly acclaimed, the latter being the first Old Vic production to be transferred to the West End for a run. He returned to the role of Hamlet in a famous production under his own direction in 1934 at the New Theatre in the West End, was hailed as a Broadway star in Guthrie McClintic's production in which Lillian Gish played Ophelia in 1936 (and which was assisted by a rival staging starring Leslie Howard that opened shortly afterwards and failed badly by comparison), a 1939 production that Gielgud again directed that was the last play performed at Henry Irving's Orpheum Theatre and was later taken to Elsinore Castle in Denmark (the actual setting of the play), a 1944 production directed by George Rylands and finally a 1945 production that toured the Far East under Gielgud's own direction. In his later years, Gielgud would play the Ghost of Hamlet's Father in productions of the play, first to Richard Burton's Melancholy Dane on the Broadway stage which Gielgud directed in 1964, and then on television with Richard Chamberlain and finally in a radio production starring Gielgud's protégé Kenneth Branagh. Gielgud had triumphs in many other plays, notably his greatest popular success Richard of Bordeaux (1933) (a romantic version of the story of Richard II), The Importance of Being Earnest which he first performed at the Lyric Hammersmith in 1930 and would remain in his repertory until 1947, and a legendary production of Romeo and Juliet (1935) which Gielgud directed and alternated the roles of Romeo and Mercutio with a young Laurence Olivier in his first professional Shakespearean leading role. Olivier's performance won him an engagement as the leading man of the Old Vic Theatre the following season starting his career as a classical actor, but he was said to have resented Gielgud's direction and developed a wary relationship with Gielgud which resulted in Olivier turning down Gielgud's request to play the Chorus in Olivier's film of Henry V and later doing his best to block Gielgud from appearing at the Royal National Theatre when Olivier was its director.[1]. photo of Gielgud as Richard II by Carl Van Vechten (1936).[edit] Queen's Theatre seasonGielgud had an enormous influence on the development of English Theatre when he produced a season of plays at the Queen's Theatre in 1937/38, presenting Richard II, The School for Scandal, The Three Sisters, and The Merchant of Venice with a permanent company (that included Michael Redgrave and Alec Guinness) that would shape the development of such theatrical institutions as the Royal Shakespeare Company and the Royal National Theatre. Gielgud acted in all four productions and directed the two Shakespeare plays, while Tyrone Guthrie directed The School for Scandal and Michael Saint-Denis staged The Three Sisters. The greatest success of the season was the production of The Three Sisters, with Gielgud's performance as Vershinin, coupled with his successes in The Seagull (1929 and 1936), The Cherry Orchard (1954), and Ivanov (1965) establishing Chekhov's acceptance on the English-speaking stage. [edit] Shakespearean legacy Gielgud played Hamlet at the New Theatre in 1934.It would always be, however, for his Shakespearean work that Gielgud would be best known. In addition to Hamlet which he played over 500 times in six productions, he gave what some consider definitive performances in The Tempest (as Prospero) in four productions (and in the 1991 film Prospero's Books), as well as in other roles - Richard II in three productions, Benedick in Much Ado About Nothing which he first played in 1930 and revived throughout the 1950s, Macbeth and Oberon in A Midsummer Night's Dream twice, Romeo three times, and King Lear four times (as well as taking on the part for a final time in a radio broadcast at the age of 90). He also had triumphs as Malvolio in Twelfth Night (1931), Shylock in The Merchant of Venice (1937), Angelo in Measure for Measure (1950), Cassius in Julius Caesar (1950) (which he immortalized in the 1953 film), Leontes in The Winter's Tale (1951), and Cardinal Wolsey in Henry VII (1959) (although his 1960 performance as Othello was not a success). For many years it was believed that Gielgud also provided the voice for the Ghost of Hamlet's Father in Laurence Olivier's 1948 film version, but it has recently been revealed that the voice was that of Olivier's, electronically distorted. Gielgud's crowning achievement, many believe, was Ages of Man, his one-man recital of Shakespearean excerpts which he performed throughout the 1950s and 1960s, winning a Tony Award for the Broadway production, a Grammy Award for his recording of the piece, and an Emmy Award for producer David Susskind for the 1966 telecast on CBS. Gielgud made his final Shakespearean appearance on stage in 1977 in the title role of John Schlesinger's production of Julius Caesar at the Royal National Theatre. Among his non-Shakespearean Renaissance roles, his Ferdinand in John Webster's The Duchess of Malfi was well-known. Dame Edith Mary Evans DBE (8 February 1888–14 October 1976) was an Academy Award nominated and Golden Globe award winning actress. Born in London, the daughter of Edward Evans, a civil servant, and his wife, Caroline Ellen Foster. She was educated at St Michael's Church of England School, Pimlico, before being apprenticed at the age of 15 in 1903 as a milliner. Her first stage appearance was with Miss Massey's Streatham Shakespeare Players in the role of Viola in Twelfth Night in October 1910. In 1912 she was discovered by the noted producer William Poel and made her first professional appearance for Poel in August of that year, playing the role of Gautami in an obscure sixth-century Hindu classic, Sakuntala. She received much attention with her performance as Cressida in Troilus and Cressida in London and subsequently at Stratford upon Avon. Her distinguished career which spanned sixty years and during which she played over 150 different roles, included numerous works by Shakespeare, Congreve, Ibsen, Wycherley, Wilde, and contemporary playwrights including Shaw, Enid Bagnold, Christopher Fry and Coward. 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Artist: CLICK RIGHT ARROW > FOR CONDITION, John Gielgud, Donald Bain, Malcolm Keen, Richard Wordsworth, Stringer Davis
Format: Record
Release Title: Oscar Wilde The Importance Of Being Earnest / Lady Windermere's F
Material: Vinyl
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Soundtracks & Musicals, Spoken Word
Record Label: Decca
Record Size: 12"
Style: Animation Score/Soundtrack, Chanson, Comedy/Novelty Music, Educational, Field Recording, Film Score/Soundtrack, Interview/Dialogue, Minstrel, Monolog, Music Hall, Musical/Original Cast, Natural Sounds, Poetry, Prayers/Sermons, Radio Play/Show, Schlager, Special Effects, Speech, Stand-Up/Sketch, Storytelling, Vocal, Work Song, Big Band/Swing, Cabaret/Vaudeville, Drama, Political/Conscious, Public Service Announcement, Story, TV Score/Soundtrack
Speed: 78 RPM
Language: English
Catalog Number: DU 90012, DU90012, DU-90012
