Acting is half shame, half glory. Shame at exhibiting yourself, glory when you can forget yourself.

The custom of OUDS at the time was to cast student undergraduates in the male roles and professional actresses in the female roles. Hugh Beaumont arranged a provincial tour of The Importance of Being Earnest and it returned to the Globe to run until the end of February 1940.

Gielgud is one of the few entertainers who have won an Oscar Emmy Grammy and Tony Award. Sir Arthur John Gielgud OM CH (/ˈɡiːlɡʊd/; 14 April 1904 – 21 May 2000) was an English actor director and producer. He was known for his beautiful speaking of verse and particularly for his warm and expressive voice which his colleague Sir Alec Guinness likened to "a silver trumpet muffled in silk".