John Gielgud: A Celebration

192 pp. Sir John Gielgud made his Shakespearean debut in 1920 as Orlando in an amateur open-air production of "As You Like It", "I strode on to the lawn at the first performance, drew my sword fiercely and declaimed "Forebear and eat no more!", but unfortunately I tripped over a large log and fell flat on my face". From that inauspicious start John Gielgud has gone on to enjoy one of the longest and most distinguished careers in theatre history.