BBCNEWS This Cultural Life June 4, 2024 02:42:00
Or gielgud doing his, erm... he does a speech of hotspurs which goes, "my liege, i did deny no prisoners. "but i remember, when the fight was done, when i was dry with rage and "extreme toil, breathless and faint, leaning upon my sword, came there a "certain lord, neat, and trimly dressed, fresh as a bridegroom." etc. that was, you know, you couldn't get it out of your system really. i bet if we overlaid that alongside the original, it would be very, very hard to tell the difference! i mean, the thing is, you have been compared to olivier throughout your career, haven't you? yes, and partly be...