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 Observer review: John G by Sheridan Morley | Critics | Guardian Unlimited Books
Sheridan Morley has produced his authorised biography of John Gielgud in a year, but does he manage to shed any light on a great life in John G? Peter Conrad
Intent on theatrical gossip, Morley remains unaware of the social and cultural changes which Gielgud, successively modernising himself, from his role an Oedipal drug addict in Noël Coward's The Vortex in 1925 to the shabby, poncing poetaster he played in Pinter's No Man's Land in 1975, took it on himself to act out.
Morley explains his procrastination by saying that only after Gielgud's death could he write about the crucial incident in his life, repressed in Gielgud's own recollections.
books.guardian.co.uk /critics/reviews/0,,486551,00.html   (909 words)

  
 Radio interview Sheridan Morley's Arts Programme - About Maria Friedman
Sheridan Morley interviewed the actress Maria Friedman and her sister, the producer Sonia Friedman about the musical Ragtime which opened last month.
SHERIDAN: We have to face the fact that because partly the Iraqi war, because of a downturn in tourism, this is a very rough time for the West End.
SHERIDAN: Maria Friedman, the actress and singer, and her sister Sonia, the producer, talking about Ragtime which now plays in London at the Piccadilly Theatre and I think is one of the great musicals of all time.
www.aboutmaria.com /i-artsprogrammeapril03.html   (1190 words)

  
 Baby Name Sheridan - Origin and Meaning of Sheridan
Critic Sheridan Morley; playwright Richard Brinsley Sheridan; Civil War General Philip Sheridan.
Sheridan is a rare male first name as it was not ranked for males of all ages in the 1990 U.S. Census.
Sheridan is a very popular surname, ranking 1572 out of 88799 for people of all ages in the 1990 U.S. Census.
www.thinkbabynames.com /meaning/1/Sheridan   (160 words)

  
 ::: SHERIDAN MORLEY ::: (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.unc.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Sheridan Morley is the award-winning drama critic of The New Statesman, the International Herald Tribune and Teletext.
Born at Ascot in 1941, the elder son of Robert Morley and grandson of Dame Gladys Cooper, he graduated from Oxford with an honours Degree in Modern Languages in 1963, and started his career as a newscaster with ITN from 1964-1967.
His BBC television series “Sheridan Morley Meets” ran to thirteen weeks, and he has also made countless appearances on news and arts programmes in connection with theatre or movies or books.
www.burnettgranger.co.uk.cob-web.org:8888 /clients/sheridan_morley.htm   (535 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Elizabeth Taylor (Applause Legends Series): Books: Sheridan Morley   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Morley, son of actor Robert and grandson of character actress Gladys Cooper, has been privy to the acting scene for some years and has written other celebrity biographies (of David Niven, Katharine Hepburn), and he brings to the genre a decidedly British slant and a certain bitchiness that is fun and enlightening.
Sheridan Morley's achievement in this thoughtful, clear-sighted book is to strip away the layers of media hype and mythology to reveal the true features of a unique and remarkable actress.
Morley also considers the Cleopatra fiasco, as well as her more literary work including The Taming of the Shrew and Under Milk Wood - and her successful move to television work.
www.amazon.com /Elizabeth-Taylor-Applause-Legends-Sheridan/dp/product-description/1557833397   (579 words)

  
 Bookreporter.com - JOHN GIELGUD by Sheridan Morley
But, according to author Sheridan Morley, "If, at the end of almost a century, John Gielgud is to be remembered for any single achievement, it would surely have to be the way in which he redefined and recreated the resident classical repertory company."
Morley spends an inordinate amount of time reporting Gielgud's homosexuality, as if his sexuality defined the actor.
Morley, the drama critic of the London Spectator and International Herald Tribune, has also written the biographies of such entertainers as Noel Coward, Katherine Hepburn, Marlene Dietrich, Elizabeth Taylor, David Niven, and his father Robert Morley.
www.bookreporter.com /reviews/0743222423.asp   (579 words)

  
 National Theatre : Platforms : Sheridan Morley
Born the weekend of Pearl Harbour in 1941, Sheridan Morley grew up in California in the closing days of the Hollywood Raj, where he knew, albeit fleetingly, Garbo and Dietrich and the colony of English actors 'out in the midday sun'.
As Sheridan himself says, 'life is a critical condition', and his witty, fascinating autobiography marks his 60th birthday.
Sheridan Morley is a theatre critic, broadcaster and biographer.
website-archive2.nt-online.org /?lid=4783   (219 words)

  
 Amazon.ca: John Gielgud: The Authorized Biography: Books: Sheridan Morley   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Morley's biography is well-written and informative, but somehow lacks a certain spark.
Morley does a good job describing the social and legal atmosphere at that time, through conversations, letters to the editors, the press's response, and the changes in the law.
Morley knew him, but he fails overall to really let the readers really know what he was like.
www.amazon.ca /John-Gielgud-Authorized-Sheridan-Morley/dp/1557835039   (1430 words)

  
 Robert Morley - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Robert Morley (May 26, 1908 - June 3, 1992) was an Oscar-nominated British actor who, often in supporting roles, was usually cast as a pompous English gentleman representing the Establishment.
Born Robert Adolph Wilton Morley in Semley, Wiltshire, England, he attended Wellington College, RADA and made his West End stage debut in 1929 and his Broadway debut in 1938 but was soon won over to the big screen.
His son, Sheridan Morley, is a well-known writer and critic.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Robert_Morley   (319 words)

  
 Morley,Sheridan Books - Signed, used, new, out-of-print
Ginger Rogers had "to do everything a man did, but in high heels and backwards," and drawing on the famous Kobal photographic collection, Sheridan Morley has created a fitting tribute to the legendary actress and dancer to celebrate the life of an elegant, effervescent Hollywood star.80 b&w and color photos.
Sheridan Morley's engaging biography -- handsomely illustrated with 150 photographs -- looks at the early years; his distinguished career in films like "Death in Venice", "The...
The Private Lives of Noel and Gertie Sheridan Morley This seminal work includes "A Talent to Amuse and "A Bright Particular Star, the biographies of Noel Coward and Gertrude Lawrence.
www.alibris.com /search/books/author/Morley,Sheridan   (797 words)

  
 Amazon.com: John Gielgud: The Authorized Biography: Books: Sheridan Morley   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Morley is passionate enough to be consistently readable, and objective enough to recount such seamier matters as Gielgud's notorious 1950s arrest for sexually soliciting an undercover cop.
Sir John Gielgud's career as an actor was perhaps the most distinguished of any of his generation, and, in a lifetime that spanned almost a century, he appeared in hundreds of theatrical productions and films, receiving virtually every honor given, including an Academy Award.
Sheridan Morley is an award-winning theater critic, broadcaster, and biographer.
www.amazon.com /John-Gielgud-Authorized-Sheridan-Morley/dp/product-description/0743222423   (749 words)

  
 Amazon.co.uk: The John G: The Authorized Biography: Books: Sheridan Morley   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
According to the hyperbolic blurb on the back cover, Sheridan Morley's John G: the Authorised Biography is "The authorized biography of the greatest classical actor of all time".
There was something both brilliantly talented and endearing about Gielgud, and this is a handsome and definitive portrait of the man from the excellent biographer of previous actors including David Niven, Noel Coward and Sheridan Morley's own father, Robert.
Sometimes these were straightforward, though outrageous indiscretions, such as his verdict on his beloved Peggy Ashcroft: "Peggy has been in and out of every bed in London, and not a line on her face.
www.amazon.co.uk /John-G-Authorized-Biography/dp/0340368039   (599 words)

  
 Amazon.fr : Robert My Father: Livres en anglais: Sheridan Morley   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Actor, director and writer Robert Morley (1908-1992) lived an exciting, colorful life, and his son has captured its essence in this loving biography.
Morley decided to become an actor after seeing Shaw's The Doctor's Dilemma and was accepted at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art.
Married in 1940 (to Joan, daughter of Gladys Cooper), Morley spent most of the war years on the London stage.
www.amazon.fr /Robert-My-Father-Sheridan-Morley/dp/0297813293   (371 words)

  
 BBC - Radio 2 - Richard Baker Biography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
During the mid-60s he was a newscaster, reporter and scriptwriter for Independent Television News, and joined the BBC to present Late Night Line-Up from 1967 to 1975 on BBC 2.
In 1989, Sheridan was the BP Arts Journalist Of The Year.
Sheridan is a former Deputy Features Editor, Arts Diarist and TV Critic of The Times, and has also worked for Punch magazine as its Arts Editor and Drama Critic.
www.bbc.co.uk /radio2/shows/melodies/biography.shtml   (201 words)

  
 indielondon.co.uk - theatre - Sheridan Morley, Noel and Gertie and other stuff
SHERIDAN Morley, drama critic of the International Herald Tribune and The New Statesman, is embarking on an exhausting series of projects.
In January, Mr Morley will direct for Bill Kenwright in The Chalk Garden, its first revival for 50 years.
Throughout next year, he will appear in various venues across the country in An Evening With Sheridan Morley and Michael Law, featuring songs and stories concerning the likes of Cole Porter, Noel Coward and George Gershwin.
www.indielondon.co.uk /theatre/t_sheridan_morley_roundup.html   (267 words)

  
 IPM/HAUS - Sheridan Morley (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.unc.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Sheridan Morley is one of Britain’s foremost theatre critics, broadcasters and biographers.
He has written the first biographies of David Niven and James Mason, as well as the lives of many other actors including his father, Robert Morley, and his grandmother, Dame Gladys Cooper.
Sheridan Morley is the executor of Noel Coward’s literary estate and will include hitherto unpublished material in this new biography.
www.internationalpubmarket.com.cob-web.org:8888 /clients/has/books/AuthorDetail.aspx?id=10393   (97 words)

  
 New Statesman - Sheridan Morley   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Theatre - Sheridan Morley on an all-female Richard III and the dog that stole the show in Two Gentlemen of Verona
Theatre - Sheridan Morley on an Ibsen that defies staging and a reworking of the greatest Broadway comedy of all time
Theatre - Sheridan Morley on Zeffirelli's return to the West End and an all-male Richard II Theatre
www.newstatesman.com /writers/Sheridan_Morley   (199 words)

  
 Sheridan Morley Biography
Sheridan Morley is the theatre critic of the Spectator and the International Herald Tribune and several monthly magazines in this country and the USA.
Born in 1941, the elder son of Robert Morley, he started out as a newscaster for ITN and as an interviewer for Late Night Line Up on BBC2, before going on to the Times and then Punch where he was arts editor and drama critic for twelve years.
He won the Arts Journalist of the Year award in 1990, was nominated that year for a Grammy and has served as a judge on the ATandT, Lloyds Private Banking and Sunday Express theatre, film and book juries.
www.normanphillips.co.uk /sherridan_morley_bio.htm   (464 words)

  
 Amazon.de: John G: The Authorized Biography: English Books: Sheridan Morley   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
John Gielgud's career, spanning almost eighty years, could be described as the history of twentieth-century British theatre.
Seven years before his death, John Gielgud invited Sheridan Morley to become his only authorised biographer, handing over to him letters and diaries and personal files.
In addition to this huge archive, Morley has interviewed more than two hundred of John's colleagues, friends, rivals and critics to form a fully rounded and detailed portrait of the great man. Sheridan Morley has produced the definitive portrait of one of the most-loved actors of the twentieth century.
www.amazon.de /John-Authorized-Biography-Sheridan-Morley/dp/184032323X   (437 words)

  
 Re: Sheridan Morley (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.unc.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
In Reply to: Sheridan Morley posted by Barbara on 17 October, 2000 at 08:07:41:
# Just read on teletext Sheridan Morley`s review of Noises Off and he seems to be the only one who is`nt that impressed,but lately he seems to have a grudge against the RNT or Soemthing.
I read that review aswell and the talented Mr Morley seems to think Peter Mc Enery was in the show not Peter Egan on press night,Is that correct?
website-archive.nt-online.org.cob-web.org:8888 /talkback/115/messages/31.html   (95 words)

  
 Sheridan Morley Photos - Sheridan Morley News - Sheridan Morley Information (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.unc.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Sheridan Morley Photos - Sheridan Morley News - Sheridan Morley Information (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.unc.edu)
Meanwhile, Deed is also busy looking into a case about a...
Tell the world what you think of Sheridan Morley, write a review for this person.
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 Amazon.com: John Gielgud: The Authorized Biography: Books: Sheridan Morley   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
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amazon.com /John-Gielgud-Authorized-Sheridan-Morley/dp/.../0743222423   (2073 words)

  
 Richard Rodgers Centenary - article "Rewriting the dictionary of the Broadway Musical" by Sheridan Morley ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Rodgers WAS the sound of music; it really is that simple, and what follows in these pages is the evidence.
(Sheridan Morley is the drama critic of the Spectator and the International Herald Tribune; his many books include the authorised first biographies of Noel Coward and John Gielgud, as well as the recent CENTURY OF THEATRE written with Ruth Leon.
He is also the author of books about Stephen Sondheim and the history of the West End musical).
www.josef-weinberger.co.uk.cob-web.org:8888 /rodgers100/rodgersarticle.html   (1284 words)

  
 Re: Sheridan Morley (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.unc.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
In Reply to: Re: Sheridan Morley posted by Jim Moody on 18 October, 2000 at 07:36:53:
Haven't seen that particular review but it was definitely Peter Egan on the PN Jim Moody wrote on 18 October, 2000 at 07:36:53
# # Just read on teletext Sheridan Morley`s review of Noises Off and he seems to be the only one who is`nt that impressed,but lately he seems to have a grudge against the RNT or Soemthing.
website-archive.nt-online.org.cob-web.org:8888 /talkback/115/messages/32.html   (122 words)

  
 An Evening with Sheridan Morley & Michael Law - maidenhead - Latest Local Events
Upcoming Events in Maidenhead >> An Evening with Sheridan Morley & Michael Law
Much loved broadcaster, journalist and author Sheridan Morley, performs together with stylish singer and pianist Michael Law
Much loved broadcaster, journalist and author Sheridan Morley, together with stylish singer and pianist Michael Law perform a brand new show which will include the best of Noel Coward’s songs and stories.
www.thebestof.co.uk /maidenhead/Events/33560   (171 words)

  
 Chitty Chitty Bang Bang - Sheridan Morley Review (17/04/02)
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang - Sheridan Morley Review (17/04/02)
The famous flying car is the only reason for seeing this dire and dismal apology for a musical.
This one should be closed for its failure of taste.
www.justball.net /home/pressball/reviews/2002/sheridanmorley.php   (353 words)

  
 Playbill News: Sheridan Morley's London View -- Sept. 1997
Playbill News: Sheridan Morley's London View -- Sept. 1997
A column of London theatre reviews by Sheridan Morley.
Paul Kerryson, whose work at Leicester on neglected Sondheim has been one of the regular delights of this last musical decade, moves south with the first-ever revival of Divorce Me, Darling, what I guess Hollywood might have called The Boy Friend II.
www.playbill.com /news/article/34994.html   (466 words)

  
 NOEL COWARD AND HIS FRIENDS - Cole Lesley, Graham Payn & Sheridan Morley - Book
NOEL COWARD AND HIS FRIENDS - Cole Lesley, Graham Payn and Sheridan Morley - Book
The three executors of Noel Cowards estate have come together to document his life.
This book includes public and private photographs, sheet music of unpublished songs, paintings, programmes, posters manuscript pages, decor and costume design, which altogether illustrates the career of the master entertainer as never before.
www.biography-clarebooks.co.uk /item3806.htm   (108 words)

  
 "Judy Garland, Beyond the Rainbow" by Sheridan Morley and Ruth Leon, First U.S. Edition - 60428
"Judy Garland, Beyond the Rainbow" by Sheridan Morley and Ruth Leon, First U.S. Edition - 60428
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