The player in action, John Gielgud as King Lear [manuscript], ca. 1942.

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The player in action, John Gielgud as King Lear [manuscript], ca. 1942.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/281652639

A scene-by-scene study by Hallam Fordham of the production at the Old Vic theatre, London, 1940, directed by Lewis Casson, with the advice of Harley Granville-Barker. With photographs by Edwin Smith.

1 item : ill., photographs

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SNAC Resource ID: 7254976

Folger Shakespeare Library

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