John Gielgud

T.S. Eliot: Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats
For “cats are (still) very much like you and me” … A frequent reread, and my choice for the “Black Cat” square of this year’s Halloween Bingo card — as (almost) always, courtesy of my favorite audio performance by Sir John Gielgud and Irene Worth, as well as parts of th. In case anybody is […]
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ELIZABETH
Elizabeth from Princess to Icon: “One Mistress and no Master.” Among Great Britain’s monarchs, two queens stand out in particular: Elizabeth I. and Queen Victoria. Both came to power at extremely young ages, and at times of political instability which would have set the odds of survival against any new ruler, but particularly so, against […]
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T.S. Eliot: Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats
For “cats are very much like you and me” … Based on works such as the poems “Prufrock” (1917) and “Ash Wednesday” (1930) and the drama “Murder in the Cathedral” (1935), American-born and naturalized British poet and future Nobel laureate T(homas) S(tearns) Eliot – also founder and editor of the literary journal Criterion – was […]
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