John Gielgud Archive. 1910–1922. Includes youthful letters written from Gielgud’s prep school, and also from army cadet camps when he was at Westminster School.
John Gielgud Archive. Letters to his parents while on tour in the USA with Hamlet, 1936–1937, and a later US tour with The importance of being earnest, Love for love, and Medea; 1947.
John Gielgud Archive. Letters to his mother; 1951–1956. 1. North American tour of The lady’s not for burning, by Christopher Fry, 1951. 2. Rhodesian tour of Richard II, 1953. 3. Season at Stratford-on-Avon, including Much ado about nothing and King Lear; 1955. 4. Tour of English provincial ...
John Gielgud Archive. Letters relating to specific performances; 1930–1933. 1. Season at the Old Vic; 1930. 2. Old Vic Hamlet (transferred to Queen’s Theatre); 1930. 3. King Lear; 1930. 4. The Good Companions, by J. B. Priestley and Edward Knoblock; Spring 1600, by Emlyn Williams; Romeo and...
John Gielgud Archive. Letters relating to specific performances; 1934–1940. 1. The Maitlands, by Ronald Mackenzie; 1934. 2. Hamlet, at the New Theatre; 1934. 3. Noah, by André Obey; 1935. 4. Romeo & Juliet; 1935–1936. 5. The seagull, by Anton Chekhov; 1937. 6. Richard II; 1938. 7. Thr...
John Gielgud Archive. 1. Letters to John Gielgud from (a) Dame Edith Sitwell; 1946–1962; (b) A. L. Rouse; 1963; and (c) John Masefield; 1964, n.d. 2. Miscellaneous letters to John Gielgud; 1938–1999. 3. Letters of members of the Terry family; 1874–1931, n.d. Partly copies.
John Gielgud Archive. Letters from John Gielgud; 1924–1986. 1. To Mrs Mary Silverstein; 1979-1984. Includes letters from Gielgud’s partner, Martin Hensler, to Mrs Silverstein and her husband. The Silversteins had been near-neighbours of Gielgud and Hensler at Wotton Underwood for several yea...