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	Val Gielgud and the BBC
		Val Gielgud played a key executive and creative role in the transition of radio drama production in the BBC between 1929 and the year of the film and his steerage of radio drama extended to the early days of television drama in the 1950s.
		It could be argued that Gielgud helped place the resonance of radio drama centrally in the most compelling and influential medium of entertainment of his day and furthermore extended this resonance to the USA where the film had a successful distribution in 1941 with not too disappointing audience figures.
		Val Gielgud, who was the head of radio drama at the BBC, liked what I'd done, so he put the word around amongst other radio producers and I subsequently did a number of scores for the BBC.
	www.irdp.co.uk /GIELGUD/valbbc2.htm (2339 words)

	Telegraph \| Entertainment
		Morley's obsession with Gielgud as "a homosexual actor" is flippant and impertinent.
		Gielgud's life was his work and as actor and director he was to define a theatrical century.
		When Gielgud's long-time companion dies, we are told "something in Gielgud started to die" and, in the same paragraph, Martin Hensler's death is "the moment when John himself started to die".
	www.telegraph.co.uk /arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2001/05/19/bojohn21.xml (738 words)

	Biography for John Gielgud (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Thus, the Gielgud bust could be seen as the start of a gradual thaw in attitudes that led to the 1967 overturn of laws criminalizing homosexuality during Harold Wilson 's second ministry.
		Gielgud's 1955 go at Shakespeare's "King Lear" was a failure, and his style of acting went out of fashion after the kitchen-sink theatrical revolution heralded by the Royal Court's May 1956 staging of John Osborne 's "Look Back in Anger".
		Gielgud could be seen as having made the career of his greatest acolyte, Laurence Olivier, his only rival for the title of Greatest Shakespearean Actor of the 20th Century, a contest most felt that Gielgud won due to the beauty of his phrasing and more cerebral interpretation of Shakespeare.
	www.imdb.com /name/nm0000024/bio (3936 words)

	THE DAILY TELEGIRAFFE: Shakespearean Actors
		What the Tynan judgment overlooked was Gielgud the risk-taker, especially in the last half of his distinguished career, in which he revealed himself as a masterly character actor in plays by Mr.
		Besides their talent for the theater, he said, the Gielguds and the Terrys shared "the same weakness: weak lachrymal glands." They were easy criers, something that he used to his advantage in performance.
		Gielgud from the waist downward means absolutely nothing." But within a year he was understudying Sir Noël Coward in the leading role in Coward's play "The Vortex," and when the author left the cast he replaced him.
	members.tripod.com /dailytelegiraffe/gielgud2.html (3042 words)

	John Gielgud Biography :: Hollywood.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Gielgud came to be regarded as one of the foremost interpreters of Shakespeare, having portrayed, among other parts, Romeo, Richard II, Macbeth, Prospero, and Antony.
		Gielgud made his screen debut in 1924 in the silent feature "Who Is the Man?" and turned in one of his few romantic film leads in Alfred Hitchcock's "Secret Agent" (1936).
		Gielgud did not limit himself to the classics on stage but stayed current with the times, acting in plays by Noel Coward, N C Hunter and Graham Greene during the 50s and gracing the angry-young-man projects of such 60s avant garde figures as Edward Albee, Lindsay Anderson and Peter Hall.
	www.hollywood.com /celebs/fulldetail/id/197881 (1575 words)

	2.1 Previous discussions of wireless drama and its origins (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Val Gielgud's discussion of early wireless drama in chapter one of British Radio Drama 1922-1956 (Gielgud 1957), before his own appointment in 1929, has to be regarded as authoritative, because he had access to key information and personnel, and because he had a famous story to tell.
		Gielgud was not to leave his B.B.C. post till 1963 and he had a researcher, Kathleen Hutchings (10), and for the 1922-8 period, the memorandum of Howard Rose in his retirement (as I have suggested), along with material from C.A. Lewis, Lance Sieveking and others.
		Gielgud's story of wireless drama is totally that of London's achievements and he fails to credit regional playwrights and directors duly, and their own regional repertory companies.
	www.kent.ac.uk /sdfva/invisibleplay/Body/2a1.html (4587 words)

	Val Gielgud and the BBC
		Val Gielgud directing 'The Man Born To Be King' by Dorothy L Sayers which was immensely popular during the Second World War.
		It could not be said that Val Gielgud obtained his first job at the BBC as a result of meritocracy and he admits this by implication in his autobiography 'Years of the Locust':
		Beck is convincing in his research and argument that Gielgud sought to praise and elevate the achievements of Jeffrey's second-in-command Howard Rose even to the extent of crediting Rose with landmark developments which other sources indicate belong to Jeffrey.
	www.irdp.co.uk /GIELGUD/valbbc8.htm (1316 words)

	Val Gielgud - Slider (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.csres.utexas.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Val Henry Gielgud (born April 28 1900 in London, England, UK; died November 30 1981 in London, England, UK) was a English actor, writer, director and broadcaster.
		Val Gielgud came of a theatrical family, being the brother of Sir John Gielgud (who appeared in several of his productions) and related to the Victorian actress, Ellen Terry.
		He was not a fan of the soap opera genre which was rising to prominence on radio in the United States at the time – instead he preferred to concentrate on producing a variaty of one-off dramas, rather than continuing series.
	enc.slider.com.cob-web.org:8888 /Enc/Val_Gielgud (786 words)

	Sir John Gielgud \| Biography (1904-2000)
		John Gielgud was born Arthur John Gielgud on the 14th April 1904 in South Kensington, London, UK.
		Gielgud was knighted in 1953 and appointed a Companion of Honour in 1977.
		Gielgud was homosexual and his long-term partner was Martin Hensler, 30 years his junior, who died in 1999.
	www.leninimports.com /john_gielgud.html (576 words)

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		(Gielgud was related to her.) Gielgud played scenes from Shakespeare along with others in the Terry-Craig family, such as Charles Terry and Minnie Terry, and other famous stars such as Fay Compton (sister of Compton Mackenzie).
		Shakespeare's 'Othello' was broadcast on Sunday 6 March 1932 (Daventry) at 4.20-5.50 pm, produced by Val Gielgud and with John Gielgud as Iago.
		John Gielgud's brother was, of course, Val Gielgud - Val(entine) Gielgud (1900-1981), who became Head of Drama on 1 January 1929.
	www.kent.ac.uk /sdfva/invisibleplay/Names/gielgudjohn.html (713 words)

	Samuel Beckett's Radio Plays (music of the the absurd) - Chapter 1
		This kind of sound play was criticised by Val Gielgud, among others, who opposed the avant-garde notion of the radio play "composed of purely abstract sounds" (Rodger, p.
		Val Gielgud defines the feature as "any program item, not basically in dramatic form, designed to make use of radio-dramatic technique in its presentation to the listener." But that is too easy.
		In the period up until the early fifties, few plays were written specifically for radio and, as Val Gielgud has pointed out, it was most often the adaptation of the classic stage play that attracted the audience.
	www.samuel-beckett.net /ch1.html (9043 words)

	John Gielgud - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Arthur John Gielgud was born in Kensington in London to a Protestant mother, Kate Terry, and a Catholic father, Frank Gielgud (who was of Lithuanian descent; the original Lithuanian form of the name is Gedgaudas), and was raised a Protestant.
		Gielgud reprised his role in "The Best of Friends" as Sydney Cockerell in the 1991 Masterpiece Theatre Production, along with Patrick McGoohan and Dame Wendy Hiller.
		The Globe Theatre in London was renamed the Gielgud Theatre in 1994 in his honour.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sir_John_Gielgud (1233 words)

	(Sir) John Gielgud - Films as Actor:
		Born: Arthur John Gielgud in London, England, 14 April 1904; brother of the writer Val Gielgud; grandnephew of the actress Ellen Terry.
		Sir John Gielgud belongs to a dynastic acting family that goes back through the nineteenth century, and included his great-aunt Ellen Terry, whose work with Henry Irving illuminated the later nineteenth-century theater in Britain and America.
		Gielgud never played romantic leads in movies as a youth, as he registered better on stage.
	www.filmreference.com /Actors-and-Actresses-Ga-Ha/Gielgud-Sir-John.html (1169 words)

	Val Gielgud and the BBC (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Val Gielgud is 'appointed' rather than applies to be BBC Head of Productions
		Val Gielgud and How To Write Radio Plays
		Val Gielgud - The Wireless Play - 6 Articles
	www.irdp.co.uk /GIELGUD (82 words)

	Comprehensive information and links about Val Gielgud
		Val Gielgud (born April 28, 1900 in London, England, UK; died November 30, 1981 in London, England, UK) was an English actor, writer, director and broadcaster.
		Following education at Oxford University, Giegud began his career as a secretary to a Member of Parliament, before moving into writing when he took a job as the sub-editor of a comic book, as the assistant to the editor Eric Maschwitz.
		Gielgud remained in radio for the rest of the decade, also working occasionally in film, adapting his thriller, in which he also appeared in a small acting role.
	www.quicknation.com /Val_Gielgud.htm (774 words)

	Eric Maschwitz
		Maschwitz had dabbled in screenwriting since 1932, and wrote his first screenplay (in collaboration with Val Gielgud) for the 1937 espionage story and romance Cafe Colette.
		Writing as Holt Marvell, he also collaborated with Gielgud on mystery novels, among them Death at Broadcasting House, which was adapted into a film in 1934.
		In 1939, he received the most impressive screenwriting credit of his career when he collaborated with R.C. Sherriff and Claudine West on the screenplay for Goodbye, Mr.
	www.djangomusic.com /actor_bio.asp?pid=P101576 (693 words)

	Val Gielgud - Moviefone
		Detailed information about Radio productions involving Val Gielgud and Sherlock...
		Val Gielgud came of a theatrical family, being the brother of Sir John Gielgud (who appeared in several of his productions) and a great-nephew of the...
		Val Gielgud - Filmography, Biography, News, Photos, Birth date, Relationships, Val Gielgud Film Clips, and Fun Facts on Moviefone.
	movies.aol.com /celebrity/val-gielgud/26804/main (105 words)

	Val Gielgud - Education - Information - Educational Resources - Encyclopedia - Music (via CobWeb/3.1 ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Val Gielgud - Education - Information - Educational Resources - Encyclopedia - Music (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.csres.utexas.edu)
		Val Henry Gielgud (born April 28 1900 in London, England, UK; died November 30 1981 in London, England, UK) was a British actor, writer, director and broadcaster.
		There were, however, occasional series - for instance, a run of Sherlock Holmes plays starring his brother John Gielgud as the lead character, with Ralph Richardson as Dr Watson and Gielgud himself once appearing Mycroft Holmes.
	education.music.us.cob-web.org:8888 /V/Val-Gielgud.htm (988 words)

	Val Gielgud Movies - Val Gielgud Film - Val Gielgud TV Shows
		Val Gielgud Movies - Val Gielgud Film - Val Gielgud TV Shows
		This list contains all contributed appearances for Val Gielgud.
		All appearances can be made at the individual TV Show or episode level.
	www.tv.com /val-gielgud/person/188416/appearances.html (73 words)

	ARCHIVE De - Di
		It looks fab and has some fascinating glimpses into how the BBC was in the 30s since the original novel was co-written by noted radio producer Val Gielgud.
		Motor racing tale whose main claim to fame is that John Huston had a hand in the script.
		Still, the struggle goes on while Timothy gurgles in his crib: V2s fall on London, Goronwy is injured down the pit, and the RAF flatten Germany with its bombing.
	www.britishpictures.com /arch_d1.html (1485 words)

	TIME.com: Murders of the Month -- Jul 2, 1934 -- Page 1
		The case is ended, and justice administered without benefit of "the Law," just as each of the 27 inhabitants assumes hate and deadly suspicion of his fellows.
		THE RUSE OF THE VANISHED WOMEN— Val Gielgud—Crime Club ($2).
		Two branches of the Secret Service, Scotland Yard, and the well-meaning amateur skip about England and France, seeking a kidnapped girl—with many hidden intentions.
	www.time.com /time/magazine/article/0,9171,754359,00.html (531 words)

	Memorial Resolution: Martin Esslin
		Before becoming Head of BBC European Productions in 1955, Martin covered the Nuernberg trials and the Berlin blockade.
		Encouraged by his friend Val Gielgud (John Gielgud's brother), Martin moved to the Radio Drama Department of the BBC in 1961, and became Head two years later.
		Soon the BBC was commissioning hundreds of radio plays annually, including works by avant-garde dramatists such as Samuel Beckett, John Arden, Harold Pinter, Tom Stoppard, and many others.
	news-service.stanford.edu /news/2004/may5/esslin-memorial-55.html (740 words)

	screenonline: Gielgud, John (1904-2000) Biography
		Born to a famous acting family - his great-aunt was the celebrated
		came to fame as The Scarlet Pimpernel, grandmother Kate Terry Gielgud memorably played Cordelia at 14, his brother
		BBC Shakespeare adaptation with Derek Jacobi and John Gielgud
	www.screenonline.org.uk /people/id/461020/index.html (568 words)

	Collectors Post - JOHN GIELGUD Biography
		Sir John Gielgud (1904-2000) was an outstanding British actor whose illustrious career extended for almost eighty years.
		In the 1950s, he did much, as an actor and director, to establish modern playwrights, including Terence Rattigan and Graham Greene.
		THE TRAGEDY OF KING LEAR (by Shakespeare) with John Gielgud & Moira Lister
	www.collectorspost.com /Actors/john_gielgud.html (599 words)

	Val Henry Gielgud (1900-1981), Playwright
		Novelist, playwright and head of radio drama at the BBC.
		Older brother of the actor Sir John, Val Gielgud wrote 20 novels, seven volumes of autobiography and 18 plays and screenplays.
		From 1929 he was Director of Productions for BBC radio and during his 34 years in office shaped the largest radio drama department in the world.
	www.npg.org.uk /live/search/person.asp?LinkID=mp05328 (108 words)

	05 Master Document, Prefaces & Table of Contents [Combined]
		Cast: John Gielgud (Sherlock Holmes), Ralph Richardson (Dr. Watson), Margaret Ward (Irene Adler), Olaf Pooley (King of Bohemia).
		Cast: John Gielgud (Sherlock Holmes), Ralph Richardson (Dr. Watson), Val Gielgud (Mycroft Holmes), John Cazabon (Inspector Lestrade), William Fox (Col. Valentine Walter).
		Cast: John Gielgud (Sherlock Holmes), Ralph Richardson (Dr. Watson), Monica Grey (Mary Sutherland), Geoffrey Wincott (Hosmer Angel and James Windibank).
	special.lib.umn.edu /rare/ush/10I.html (11895 words)

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