John Gielgud: Media
British actor and director
Videos
Learn how Odysseus (or Ulysses) has been portrayed in literature, art, and cinema.
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Images
Sir John Gielgud.
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(From far left) Ellen Burstyn, John Gielgud, Dirk Bogarde, and David Warner in the...
Cinema 5; photograph from a private collection
Sir John Gielgud in Arthur (1981).
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Julius Caesar, as portrayed by Sir John Gielgud, with Charlton Heston as Mark Antony...
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Audio
John Gielgud reading a scene from A Midsummer Night's Dream
English actor John Gielgud reading Oberon's speech, “I know a bank” (A Midsummer...
The Tempest: Gielgud, John
Prospero's speech, “We are such stuff” (The Tempest, Act IV, scene 1), performed...
Othello: Gielgud, John
Othello defends himself on the charge of marrying Desdemona, “Most potent, grave,...
As You Like It: John Gielgud
Jaques philosophizes “All the world's a stage” (As You Like It, Act II,...
Henry V: John Gielgud
Henry V rallying his comrades-in-arms, “Once more unto the breach, dear friends”...
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