John Gielgud as Romeo
- Made:
- 1935
- maker:
- Cecil Beaton
Silver gelatin copy print made ca.1970s. Photograph by Sir Cecil Beaton of actor John Gielgud (1904-2000) in the role of Romeo in Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet". New Theatre, London. Gielgud alternated the roles of Romeo and Mercutio with Laurence Olivier in 1935.
Details
- Category:
- Photographs
- Collection:
- Andor Kraszna Krausz Collection
- Object Number:
- 1990-5131/10236
- Materials:
- paper (fibre product)
- Measurements:
-
overall: 252 mm x 202 mm
- type:
- photograph
- credit:
- Focal Press Collection, National Science and Media Museum/ Cecil Beaton Studio Archive at Sotheby's