Ages of Man

Synopsis

US television special. Adaptation of Gielgud’s 1959 one-man show on Broadway. Gielgud gives readings from the plays and sonnets grouped into the themes of Youth, Adulthood, Maturity and Death. There are readings from As You Like It, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Tempest, Romeo and Juliet, The Merchant of Venice, Much Ado About Nothing, The Winters Tale. Measure for Measure. The sonnet readings are: Sonnet 18 ‘Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?', Sonnet 116 ‘Let me not to the marriage of true minds’, Sonnet 129 ‘The expense of spirit in a waste of shame is lust in action’, and 130 ‘My mistress’ eyes are nothing like the sun’. Maturity: excerpts from Henry IV, Henry VI, Richard II, Twelfth Night, As You Like it, The Tempest. Sonnet 2 ‘When forty winters shall besiege thy brow’ and Sonnet 12 ‘When do I count the clock that tells the time’.

Language

English

Country

United States

Medium

Television

Notes

The BFI National Archive holds JOHN GIELGUD (1963) a 16mm preservation print of a promotional 4 minute film for the Broadway show. Shown in the PLAYBACK series produced by CBS, and introduced by Goddard Lieberson, Gielgud reads the ‘Seven Ages of Man’ speech (II vii) from As You Like It.

Released on DVD (region 1) 2010.

Subjects

Drama; English language and literature

Keywords

Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); One-Person shows

Related items

Ages of Man

Credits

Director

Paul Bogart

Producer

Daniel Melnick; David Susskind

Cinematographer

Jack Priestley

Cast

John Gielgud

Production Company

Name

Paramount Pictures

Name

Talent Associates

Archive

Name

UCLA Film & Television Archive

Email

arsc@ucla.edu

Web

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Phone

(310) 206 5388

Fax

(310) 206 5392

Address

Individual Access
Archive Study and Research Center
46 Powell Library
302 East Melnitz
Los Angeles
CA90095-1323
USA

Online Retailer

Name

amazon.com

Web

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