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Val Henry Gielgud CBE (28 April 1900 – 30 November 1981) was an English actor, writer, director and broadcaster. He was a pioneer of radio drama for the BBC, and also directed the first ever drama to be produced in the newer medium of television.

Val Gielgud was born in London, into a theatrical family, being the brother of Sir John Gielgud (who acted in several of his productions) and a great-nephew of the Victorian actress Dame Ellen Terry.

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Val Gielgud

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Val Henry Gielgud CBE (28 April 1900 – 30 November 1981) was an English actor, writer, director and broadcaster. He was a pioneer of radio drama for the...

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Terry family

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eldest daughter, also named Kate, married Frank Gielgud; their four children included Val and John Gielgud. Ellen (1847–1928) followed her elder sister into...

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John Gielgud

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UNESCO, and Val, later head of BBC radio drama; his younger sister Eleanor became John's secretary for many years. On his father's side, Gielgud was of Lithuanian...

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Gielgud

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administrator Val Gielgud (1900–1981), English actor, writer, director and broadcaster Gielgud Theatre, London 39557 Gielgud, an asteroid Gielgud Award All...

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The Man Born to Be King

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written by novelist and dramatist Dorothy L. Sayers, and produced by Val Gielgud, with Robert Speaight as Jesus. The twelve plays in the cycle are: Kings...

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Lewis Gielgud

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of Frank Henry Gielgud (1860–1949) and his second wife, Kate Terry-Gielgud, née Terry-Lewis (1868–1958). His younger siblings were Val, later head of...

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Radio Drama Company

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However, with the approach of the Second World War, the key executive, Val Gielgud, head of productions at BBC Radio, proposed that an in-house company...

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Mycroft Holmes

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Watson. In the 1950s radio series starring John Gielgud as Sherlock Holmes, Gielgud's own brother, Val Gielgud, played the part in "The Bruce-Partington Plans"...

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An Ideal Husband

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Griffith Jones, Fay Compton and Isabel Jeans; a 1954 version produced by Val Gielgud; a 1959 adaptation starring Tony Britton and Faith Brook; a 1970 version...

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Jill Esmond

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Mrs. Findlay Gertie Maude by John Van Druten (1937) Party Manners by Val Gielgud (1950) Some authors suggested that in her later years, Esmond discussed...

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Jack Hawkins

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Below the Surface by HL Stoker and LS Hunt (1932), Red Triangle by Val Gielgud (1932), Service by CI Anthony, for director Basil Dean (1933), One of...

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Edmund Gwenn

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considered his best known to be Jess Oakroyd in The Good Companions with John Gielgud and Jessie Matthews (1933) and Radfern in Carol Reed's Laburnum Grove with...

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Maina Gielgud

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Maina Gielgud AO (born 14 January 1945) is a British former ballet dancer and a veteran ballet administrator. She was artistic director of The Australian...

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Geoffrey Keen

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Dennis Neilson-Terry (1895–1932) Mary Glynne (1895–1954) Val Gielgud (1900–81) Sir John Gielgud (1904–2000) Rosemary Gordon Craig (1894–19??) Robin Craig...

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The Forsyte Saga

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Ronald Simpson as Soames. It was adapted by Muriel Levy and produced by Val Gielgud and Felix Felton. Young Jolyons in later adaptations included Andrew...

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BBC television drama

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its confined setting, small cast and short length, and was directed by Val Gielgud, who was at the time the BBC's senior producer of radio drama. Because...

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Edward William Godwin

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Dennis Neilson-Terry (1895–1932) Mary Glynne (1895–1954) Val Gielgud (1900–81) Sir John Gielgud (1904–2000) Rosemary Gordon Craig (1894–19??) Robin Craig...

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Edward Gordon Craig

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Dennis Neilson-Terry (1895–1932) Mary Glynne (1895–1954) Val Gielgud (1900–81) Sir John Gielgud (1904–2000) Rosemary Gordon Craig (1894–19??) Robin Craig...

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The Man with the Flower in His Mouth

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Customer'. It was directed by the BBC's head of radio drama at the time, Val Gielgud, and produced by Lance Sieveking. The artwork was by C. R. Nevinson....

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Savile Club

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Baron Bernstein of Leigh Colin Brazier Sir Clement Freud Stephen Fry Val Gielgud Gilbert Harding Patrick Kidd Quentin Letts Tony Miles Michael Molloy...

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John Dickson Carr

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early 1940s —- 2 by Carr alone, and 2 in collaboration with the BBC's Val Gielgud. The Island of Coffins - Crippen & Landru, 2020. A collection of radio...

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Robert Eddison

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whilst performing in a comedy titled Yes and No and later invited by Val Gielgud to appear in radio productions at the BBC. During his varied career he...

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Lance Sieveking

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of a documentary about him. Another early BBC radio drama producer, Val Gielgud, said of the "not altogether fortunate" Sieveking: "He was perhaps over...

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Luigi Pirandello

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Sieveking, co-produced with John Logie Baird's company and starring Val Gielgud and Lionel Millard, became the first drama broadcast in both picture...

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Natalia Brasova

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August 1921, 18-year-old Natalia Mamontova married future BBC broadcaster Val Gielgud, against her mother's wishes and without her foreknowledge. Natalia Mamontova...

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