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An Actor in his Time

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Sir John Gielgud in the fifth of 11 programmes, talks to JOHN MILLER about his life in the theatre.
5: ' Hamlet tomorrow or next Thursday - but just not tonight! '
' When I played Hamlet I thought - now this is the great juvenile part of all times, I'm going to make a terrible hash of this, because I'd known at dramatic school how I'd used to trail around, waving my cloak in the air and posing with my sword and crying a lot, and I thought - I don think that's the thine at all. And I sort of threw mysetf into the part, like someone trying to swim. and found it sort of held me up, if I really was truthful in it.'
Producer JOHN POWELL promising some of the greatest enjoyment radio currently offers
(THE TIMES)

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Unknown:
Sir John Gielgud
Unknown:
John Miller
Producer:
John Powell
Source: Radio Times

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