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Sir John Gielgud

EDM number 772 in 1999-00, proposed by Paul Marsden on 23/05/2000.

That this House is saddened by the news that Sir John Gielgud has passed away aged 96; recognises that he was one of the greatest classical actors of the twentieth century who made his stage debut at the Old Vic in 1921 in Henry V and went on to play Trofinov in The Cherry Orchard, Richard II and Hamlet, and helped modernise Shakespearean productions to appeal to a wider public; notes that he starred in many cinematic roles including Disraeli in The Prime Minister in 1940, Cassius in Julius Caesar in 1953, was nominated for an Oscar in Becket in 1964 as Henry II, Lord Raglan in The Charge of the Light Brigade in 1968 and in Providence in 1977; further notes he also played many famous cameo roles in films such as Murder on the Orient Express in 1974 and Chariots of Fire in 1981 and he won an Oscar as Best Supporting Actor in Arthur; further notes that he starred in many television roles and was a respected author; also notes that in 1994 he was honoured by the Globe Theatre in Shaftesbury Avenue which was renamed the Gielgud Theatre, he was Knighted in 1953, appointed Companion of Honour in 1977 and received the Order of Merit in 1996; and notes that he will be sorely missed, especially his distinctive voice, once described by Alec Guinness as a silver trumpet muffled in silk.

This motion has been signed by a total of 40 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Paul Marsden23/05/2000Shrewsbury & AtchamLabourProposed
Syd Rapson24/05/2000Portsmouth NorthLabourSigned
Kelvin Hopkins24/05/2000Luton NorthLabourSigned
Ashok Kumar24/05/2000Middlesbrough South & East ClevelandLabourSigned
Laura Moffatt24/05/2000CrawleyLabourSigned
Tom Cox24/05/2000TootingLabourSigned
Ronnie Fearn24/05/2000SouthportLiberal DemocratSigned
Norman Godman24/05/2000Greenock & InverclydeLabourSigned
Mike Hancock24/05/2000Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSigned
Paul Tyler24/05/2000North CornwallLiberal DemocratSigned
Derek Wyatt24/05/2000Sittingbourne & SheppeyLabourSigned
Harry Barnes25/05/2000North East DerbyshireLabourSigned
Win Griffiths25/05/2000BridgendLabourSigned
Bill Etherington25/05/2000Sunderland NorthLabourSigned
Clive Efford25/05/2000ElthamLabourSigned
Jeremy Corbyn25/05/2000Islington NorthLabourSigned
John McDonnell25/05/2000Hayes & HarlingtonLabourSigned
Ken Maginnis25/05/2000Fermanagh & South TyroneUUPSigned
Barry Jones25/05/2000Alyn & DeesideLabourSigned
Alan Simpson25/05/2000Nottingham SouthLabourSigned
Michael Clapham25/05/2000Barnsley West & PenistoneLabourSigned
Linda Perham05/06/2000Ilford NorthLabourSigned
Vincent Cable05/06/2000TwickenhamLiberal DemocratSigned
Ann Cryer05/06/2000KeighleyLabourSigned
Rudi Vis05/06/2000Finchley & Golders GreenLabourSigned
John Cummings06/06/2000EasingtonLabourSigned
Eric Clarke06/06/2000MidlothianLabourSigned
Paul Keetch06/06/2000HerefordLiberal DemocratSigned
Nigel Jones06/06/2000CheltenhamLiberal DemocratSigned
David Chidgey07/06/2000EastleighLiberal DemocratSigned
Frank Cook07/06/2000Stockton NorthLabourSigned
Jane Griffiths07/06/2000Reading EastLabourSigned
John McWilliam08/06/2000BlaydonLabourSigned
Tony Colman08/06/2000PutneyLabourSigned
Andrew Dismore08/06/2000HendonLabourSigned
David Borrow08/06/2000South RibbleLabourSigned
Edward O'Hara14/06/2000Knowsley SouthLabourSigned
Iain Coleman14/06/2000Hammersmith & FulhamLabourSigned
Mohammad Sarwar18/07/2000Glasgow, GovanLabourSigned
Geoffrey Robinson21/11/2000Coventry North WestLabourSigned

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