Sir John Gielgud

Standard Name: Gielgud, Sir John

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Friends, Associates Elizabeth Jennings
She had a remarkably catholic talent for friendship. During her student days she became a friend of Philip Larkin and Kingsley Amis . Her correspondents at this and later periods of her life included her...
Family and Intimate relationships Naomi Royde-Smith
Milton had his first big London success in 1922, and before Royde-Smith married him she had praised his magnetic performance as Hamlet.
Speaight, Robert. “Naomi Royde-Smith”. The Tablet, Vol.
218
, No. 6481, p. 21.
Over the course of his career he also tried his luck as a...
Family and Intimate relationships Edith Craig
The actor John Gielgud was EC 's second cousin. On occasion he performed at her Barn Theatre in Kent.
Cockin, Katharine. Edith Craig (1869-1947): Dramatic Lives. Cassell.
13
Glendinning, Victoria. Vita. Penguin.
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death Enid Bagnold
She was cremated and her ashes interred at Rottingdean. At a memorial service held in November, John Gielgud read the lesson and Vita Sackville-West 's son Nigel Nicolson gave the address. EB 's papers...

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