This is an engaging biography from someone who knew and liked his subject. Not that Gielgud's failings are ignored, especially his naivety following his arrest on indecency charges and his absent-minded faux pas with fellow actors. His background and the struggle to find his own 'voice' are fascinating but it is his homosexuality, its relation to the culture of the theatre and society's shifting attitudes which provide a constant thread in this very enjoyable study.
(Clive Yelf - bwl 32 November 2005 ) |
