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Gielgud: A Theatrical Life, 1904 – 2000. By Jonathan Croall. New York: Continuum, 2000; pp. 580. $35.00 hardcover.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 August 2002

David J. Loehr
David J. Loehr
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Abstract

This exhaustive, but by no means exhausting, book about John Gielgud is well-titled. Jonathan Croall has taken Gielgud's career, rather than his personal life, as his focus and, in so doing, provides a valuable look at English theatre as it grew and evolved through the twentieth century.

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BOOK REVIEWS
Information
Theatre Survey , Volume 42 , Issue 2 , November 2001 , pp. 237 - 240
Copyright
© 2001 The American Society for Theatre Research, Inc.

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