This was, in fact, a period of great actors with Laurence Olivier, Ralph Richardson, and Donald Wolfit as well as John Gielgud appearing on the stage.

实际上，这是一个著名演员层出不穷的时代，劳伦斯．奥利维尔，拉尔夫•理查森，唐纳德•沃夫特和约翰•吉尔吉德都活跃在诗体戏剧舞台上。

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David Strathairn will appear as the father, the role taken by Ralph Richardson on screen.

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In 1992 he was back on the London stage in "No Man's Land" (1974), as Hirst, the part originally played by Ralph Richardson.

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His performance with Sir Ralph Richardson in a Royal Court production of a play by David Storey in 1970 started a Gielgud revival.

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