Sir John Gielgud

JT wrote several plays under the name Gordon Daviot. Her first, Richard of Bordeaux, was by far her greatest critical success. Its immediate successors had much shorter runs, and most of her later...

The West End production was a major success for everyone involved. The first two nights were slow, but the first matinee saw an unexpected rush on seats, and the show became a smash hit....

MK 's next play (again in collaboration with Perry and directed by Gielgud ) was Ducks and Drakes, 1941, published the following year.

This play was considerably less successful than Richard of Bordeaux, and ran for only a few weeks.John Gielgud turned down the male lead, which he felt was too young for him...