1921
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Há 3 dias · According to the biographer Richard Huggett, Gielgud was so paralysed by nerves that the prospect of going onstage as usual seemed impossible, but his fellow players, led by Sybil Thorndike, encouraged him: She grabbed him and whispered fiercely, "Come on, John darling, they won't boo me ", and led him firmly on to the stage.
Há 5 dias · Which is why the reaction of Sybil Thorndike, who was co-starring with Gielgud in A Day by the Sea, must be stressed as unusually brave and exemplary. Gielgud feared the worst when he walked back into rehearsal after the headlines, but Thorndike put him and everyone else immediately at ease when she said, “Well, John, what a very silly bugger you have been.”
Há 2 dias · In 1944 nine Shaw plays were staged in London, including Arms and the Man with Ralph Richardson, Laurence Olivier, Sybil Thorndike and Margaret Leighton in the leading roles. Two touring companies took his plays all round Britain.
Há 1 dia · Filming in his native England, Hitchcock merrily juggles elements of humor and whodunit and puts a game ensemble (Alistair Sim, Sybil Thorndike, Joyce Grenfell, Kay Walsh and daughter Patricia Hitchcock) through its paces. No one turns a theatre into a bastion of dread like Hitchcock, and STAGE FRIGHT is proof positive.
Há 5 dias · Dame Sybil Thorndike: 1882–1976: Actress 1 January 1971: Sir Maurice Bowra: 1898–1971: Classicist 12 June 1971: Charles Best: 1899–1978: Medical researcher 12 June 1971: Sir Arthur Bliss: 1891–1975: Composer 12 June 1971: John Gorton: 1911–2002: Prime Minister of Australia 14 June 1971: Joseph Luns: 1911–2002: Dutch politician 1 ...
Há 4 dias · Later he appeared opposite Dame Sybil Thorndike in Jet Storm, starring Richard Attenborough; starred in the title role of Davy (the last feature film made at Ealing Studios); played a golf-mad vicar in Eric Sykes’ Rhubarb; put in a fine performance as The Shelter Man in Dick Lester’s The Bedsitting Room, and played a pools winner ...
Há 3 dias · Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts. 1. The action of "The Taming of the Shrew" begins with a lively, none-too-polite altercation between one Christopher Sly and the landlady of a tavern (otherwise known as "the hostess").
