From the archive: Mr. Gielgud's "Hamlet"
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 10/16/2009
Originally published on 16 October 1944 LONDON, SATURDAY. The tremendous merit of Mr. John Gielgud's long-awaited "Hamlet" (produced last night at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket) is its fidelity. Neither the production nor Mr. Gielgud's own performance is "beautified", a vile phrase for a vile thing. In Miss Ruth Keating's modestly baronial settings the stage is cleared for Shakespeare,...