John Gielgud
Past productions
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Sir Sydney Cockerell,
The Best of Friends
26th January – ? 1988,
Apollo Theatre (Shaftesbury Avenue), London.
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Her Infinite Variety
1987 – 1988,
The Old Vic, London.
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Tribute to Sir Michael Redgrave
1985 – 1986,
The Old Vic, London.
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Half-Life
started 2nd March 1978,
Duke of York’s Theatre, London.
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Sir Noel Cunliffe,
Half-Life, National Theatre
started 15th November 1977,
National Theatre – Cottesloe Theatre (now National Theatre – Dorfman), National Theatre, London.
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Sir Politick Wouldbe,
Volpone, National Theatre
started 21st April 1977,
National Theatre – Olivier, National Theatre.
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Julius Caesar,
Julius Caesar, National Theatre
started 17th March 1977,
National Theatre – Olivier, National Theatre.
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Voice of F.U.C.K.U.P.,
Illuminatus!, Science Fiction Theatre of Liverpool
started 28th November 1976,
Peter Osborne-Ho’ Halligan’s Liverpool School of Language, Music, Dream and Pun, Mickery Theatre, Amsterdam, and other locations.
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Tribute to The Lady
1975 – 1976,
The Old Vic, London.
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Director,
The Gay Lord Quex
16th June – August 1975,
Albery Theatre (now Noël Coward Theatre), London.
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Director,
Private Lives
6th February – 26th April 1975,
46th St Theatre, New York City (now Richard Rodgers Theatre, New York City).
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Spooner,
No Man’s Land, National Theatre
started 16th April 1975,
The Old Vic, London, National Theatre – Lyttelton, National Theatre, and other locations.
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Paradise Lost
1974 – 1975,
The Old Vic, London.
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Shakespeare,
Bingo, English Stage Company
started 14th August 1974,
Royal Court Theatre, London.
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Performer,
Tribute to The Lady
6th May 1974,
The Old Vic, London.
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Prospero,
The Tempest
26th February – ? 1974,
The Old Vic, London.
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The Tempest
1973 – 1974,
Bristol Hippodrome.
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Lilian Baylis Centenary Festival
1973 – 1974,
The Old Vic, London.
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Director,
The Constant Wife
27th August 1973 – May 1974,
Albery Theatre (now Noël Coward Theatre), London and Theatre Royal, Brighton.
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Director,
Private Lives, H M Tennent Ltd
21st September 1972 – 26th January 1974,
Queen’s Theatre, (Shaftesbury Ave) London (now Sondheim Theatre, London) and Globe (Shaftesbury Ave), London (now Gielgud Theatre, London).
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Sir Geoffrey Kendle,
Veterans, English Stage Company
started 9th March 1972,
Royal Court Theatre, London.
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Julius Caesar,
Caesar and Cleopatra, Chichester Festival Theatre Company
started 6th July 1971,
Chichester Festival Theatre, Main Theatre.
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Director,
All Over
started 27th March 1971,
Martin Beck Theatre (now Al Hirschfeld Theater), New York.
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Harry,
Home, English Stage Company
17th June 1970 – 20th February 1971,
Royal Court Theatre, London, Apollo Theatre (Shaftesbury Avenue), London, and other locations.
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Reader,
The Man, The Age, The Players, Sakespeare, The Apollo Society in association with Arts Council of GB
26th April 1970,
Wigmore Hall, London.
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Gideon,
Battle of Shrivings
5th February – March 1970,
Lyric Theatre (Shaftesbury Ave), London.
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Julius Caesar,
Julius Caesar
1969 – 1970,
Film Version.
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A Talent to Amuse, Martin Tickner
15th December 1969,
Phoenix Theatre, London.
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Headmaster,
Forty Years On
31st October 1968 – November 1969,
Apollo Theatre (Shaftesbury Avenue), London.
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Headmaster,
Forty Years On
October 1968 – 1969,
Apollo Theatre (Shaftesbury Avenue), London.
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Oedipus,
Oedipus, National Theatre
19th March – ? 1968,
The Old Vic, London.
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The Charge of the Light Brigade
1967 – 1968,
Film Version.
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Orgon,
Tartuffe, National Theatre
21st November 1967 – 1968,
The Old Vic, London.
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performer,
Cardinal Virtues – Deadly Sins, The Apollo Society
22nd October 1967,
Wigmore Hall, London.
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Director,
Halfway Up the Tree, Alexander H Cohen and H M Tennent Ltd
2nd October 1967 – 4th January 1969,
Queen’s Theatre, (Shaftesbury Ave) London (now Sondheim Theatre, London), Royal Court Theatre, Liverpool, and other locations.
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performer,
The World of One Man Shows, John Counsell and Theatre Royal Windsor Trust
10th September 1967,
Theatre Royal, Windsor.
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Mock Turtle,
Alice in Wonderland
1966 – 1967,
Television Production.
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/ Director,
Ivanov
started 6th September 1965,
Theatre Royal, Brighton.
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Adapted by / Director / Ivanov,
Ivanov
started 30th August 1965,
Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, Guildford and Phoenix Theatre, London.
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Co-director / Julius Caesar,
The Ides of March
started 15th July 1963,
Theatre Royal, Haymarket, London and Opera House, Manchester.
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Director / Joseph Surface,
The School for Scandal, Tennent Productions Ltd
started 5th April 1962,
Theatre Royal, Haymarket, London.
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The Cherry Orchard
1961 – 1962,
Royal Shakespeare Company, Stratford-Upon-Avon.
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Gaev / Translator,
The Cherry Orchard, Royal Shakespeare Company
5th December 1961 (press night),
Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon.
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Othello,
Othello, Royal Shakespeare Company
10th October 1961 (press night),
Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon.
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Director,
Dazzling Prospect
started 1st June 1961,
Globe (Shaftesbury Ave), London (now Gielgud Theatre, London).
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Director,
Big Fish, Little Fish
started 15th March 1961,
Anta Playhouse, New York (now August Wilson Theatre).
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Director,
Five Finger Exercise
2nd December 1959 – 1st October 1960,
Music Box Theatre, New York City, USA.
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Prince Ferdinand Cavanati,
The Last Joke, Irene Mayer Selznick and Tennent Productions Ltd
1st August – 19th November 1960,
Phoenix Theatre, London, Opera House, Manchester, and other locations.
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Director,
The Complaisant Lover, Donmar Productions Ltd and H M Tennent Ltd
18th May 1959 – 4th June 1960,
Globe (Shaftesbury Ave), London (now Gielgud Theatre, London), Opera House, Manchester, and other locations.
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Director,
Five Finger Exercise, H M Tennent Ltd and New Watergate Presentations Ltd
30th June 1958 – 26th March 1960,
Comedy Theatre, London (now Harold Pinter Theatre, London), Cambridge Arts Theatre, and other locations.