John Gielgud Kolejność książek (chronologicznie)

Rewolucja i miłość w cieniu gilotyny?Była to najlepsza i najgorsza z epok, wiek rozumu i wiek szaleństwa, czas wiary i czas zwątpienia, okres światła i okres mrok�w, wiosna pięknych nadziei i zima rozpaczy? ? tak rozpoczyna swą niezwykłą Opowieść o dw�ch miastach Charles Dickens. Słowa te są zapowiedzią dramatycznych wydarzeń przedstawionych w książce z epickim rozmachem.Paryż i Londyn w przededniu Wielkiej Rewolucji Francuskiej. Ten burzliwy okres ukazany jest przez pryzmat los�w młodego francuskiego arystokraty, niesprawiedliwie uwięzionego lekarza, jego c�rki i angielskiego prawnika. Po osiemnastu latach spędzonych w Bastylii doktor Manette wychodzi na wolność. Szczęśliwie, już na angielskiej ziemi, rozpoczyna drugie życie u boku c�rki Lucie. Tam przecinają się drogi dw�ch mężczyzn: zbiegłego z Francji Karola Darnaya i błyskotliwego adwokata Sydneya Cartona, samotnika i pijaka, kt�rych połączy miłość do jednej kobiety ? c�rki doktora. Wskutek dramatycznego splotu okoliczności bohaterowie są zmuszeni porzucić spokojne ulice Londynu i przybyć do Paryża pod rządami krwawego terroru. Porwani w wir wydarzeń zostaną poddani ciężkiej pr�bie.

Bill Bryson’s bestselling biography of William Shakespeare takes the reader on an enthralling tour through Elizabethan England and the eccentricities of Shakespearean scholarship—updated with a new introduction by the author to commemorate the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death William Shakespeare, the most celebrated poet in the English language, left behind nearly a million words of text, but his biography has long been a thicket of wild supposition arranged around scant facts. With a steady hand and his trademark wit, Bill Bryson sorts through this colorful muddle to reveal the man himself. His Shakespeare is like no one else's—the beneficiary of Bryson's genial nature, his engaging skepticism, and a gift for storytelling unrivaled in our time.

'In this comprehensive volume, we see the actor in a range of roles: loving son, wicked gossip, star actor, indecisive director, anguished lover, brilliant anecdotist¿This splendid book reveals an infinitely complicated and attractive character. We may not look upon his like again' Jonathan Croall, SpectatorThe above quotes sums it up - this astonishing collection of letters brings us up close to one of the foremost, and best loved, actors of this century. John Gielgud wrote letters almost every day of his adult life. Whether at home in London or abroad, he delighted in recounting what he felt about events around him. Here for the first time - and not previously available to biographers - are Gielgud's love letters. They show that he was not shy is expressing the intimacies of personal relationships. He also loved gossip and writes about his contemporaries, including the great actors of period: Olivier, Richardson, Redgrave, Peggy Ashcroft, Edith Evans and the like. A revealing account but also a hugely warm and compelling insight into a man of many sides.

In "An Actor and His Time" John Gielgud tells the story of his life in the theatre - a story already enjoyed by millions of radio listeners and which tells of the plays he starred in and directed, and of the actors and actresses he knew. And, as the curtain rises on Ellen Terry, on Sarah Bernhardt, on Mrs Patrick Campbell, Sir Ralph Richardson, Richard Burton and many others, sixty glorious years of British theatre unfold before our eyes.