gielgud collection audio

Sir John Gielgud is considered by many to have been the greatest actor of the Twentieth Century. His superb voice, described by Alec Guinness as ‘a silver trumpet muffled in silk’ has spanned the whole spectrum of poetry and drama, and delighted and moved audiences for over seventy years. This wonderful collection of Gielgud’s most treasured recordings brings together the works of Shakespeare and Edward Lear, the “Adventures of Sherlock Holmes”, as performed by Gielgud, Ralph Richardson and Orson Welles for the acclaimed 1950’s radio broadcasts, and the poetry of Longfellow. It concludes with Gielgud’s bestselling and well-loved reading of “Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol”.