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Episode 5: Hamlet tomorrow or next Thursday, but just not tonight!

Hamlet tomorrow or next Thursday, but just not tonight!

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The 1929-31 seasons at the Old Vic established Gielgud as a Shakespearean performer.

The 1929-31 seasons at the Old Vic established Gielgud as a new and exciting Shakespearean performer. From November 1978.

"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't think that's the thing at all."

The 1929 - 31 seasons at London's Old Vic established Sir John Gielgud as a new and exciting Shakespearean performer. With John Miller.

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 October 1978.

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Actor Sir John Gielgud talks about his distinguished career with John Miller

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