Gielgud, Olivier, Ashcroft, Dench

Russell Jackson is Allardyce Nicoll Chair in Drama and Theatre Arts at the University of Birmingham, UK. He was formerly Director of the Shakespeare Institute. His books include The Cambridge Companion to Shakespeare on Film 2e (2007) and The Oxford Illustrated History of Shakespeare on Stage 2e (2001).

• Series Editors' Preface (Peter Holland, University of Notre Dame, USA and Adrian Poole, University of Cambridge, UK)Introduction (Russell Jackson, University of Birmingham, UK)1. John Gielgud (Russell Jackson (University of Birmingham, UK)2. Laurence Olivier (Abigail Rokison, University of Birmingham, UK)3. Peggy Ashcroft (Carol Chillington-Rutter, University of Warwick, UK)4. Judi Dench (Kathryn Prince, University of Ottawa, Canada)Index

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