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John Gielgud - An Actor in His Time

Episode 9: Speak the Speech

Duration: 28 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 ExtraLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra

"Taxi-drivers can never understand me and I gabble tremendously off the stage".

Sir John Gielgud talks to John Miller about his approach to learning lines which differed from Noel Coward's.

Actor and theatre director, Sir John Gielgud (1904-2000) was regarded as one of the greatest thespians of his generation.

Producer: John Powell

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1978. Show less

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