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55 results found for '"Laurence Olivier"' in Person.
Laurence Olivier. (4 Parts) (1983 Audio)
- Series
- Theatre Archive Project
Laurence Olivier is interviewed by Kathleen Tynan. He tells of his time at the National Theatre and gives his opinion (not complimentary) on Viscount Chandos, Peter Brook and Peter Hall. He talks at length...
Henry V Globe Theatre (1978 Film)
- Producer
- Laurence Olivier
Uses an excerpt from Olivier’s 1944 production of HENRY V to demonstrate the Globe theatre. Opens with a shot of an elaborate model of London in 1600 and shows London bridge, a general impression of the...
Your National Theatre (1976 Television)
- Director
- Derek Bailey
- Producer
- Derek Bailey
Television documentary celebrating the opening of the National Theatre on London’s South Bank. Containing a large amount of archival material, it shows the history of the National Theatre project from the...
Shakespeare and His Stage: Approaches to Hamlet (1975 Video)
- Series
- History of Drama
- Director
- Daniel Seltzer; Harold Mantell
- Producer
- Harold Mantell
Educational videotape. Attempts to recreate the Elizabethan theatre through the staging of scenes from Hamlet. Contrasts styles of playing with excerpts from performances by Laurence Olivier, John Gielgud,...
Merchant of Venice, The (1974 Television)
- Director
- John Sichel
- Producer
- Cecil Clarke
Originally staged by Jonathan Miller at the Old Vic in 1970 and then at the National Theatre, London in 1971, the production was subsequently recorded for television. The production is set in Venice in the...
Laurence Olivier (1973 Television)
- Series
- Dick Cavett Show, The
US talk show hosted by Dick Cavett. This episode, taped in Great Britain, was devoted to a single guest. Olivier talks about his life and career and offers thoughts on other actors including Marlon Brando....
Hamlet Revisited (1970 Television)
- Producer
- Ron Hobin
An exploration of Shakespeare’s most famous character Hamlet, introduced by Sir John Gielgud with excerpts from the screen interpretations of Laurence Olivier, John Barrymore, Nicol Williamson, Maximilian...
Sir Laurence Olivier (1970 Television)
- Series
- Cinema
- Director
- Michael Becker (2)
- Producer
- John Hamp
Michael Parkinson interviews Laurence Olivier.
Love’s Labour’s Lost (1969 Audio)
- Director
- Laurence Olivier
Live audio recording of Laurence Olivier’s 1968 production of Love’s Labour’s Lost with Jeremy Brett as Berowne and Joan Plowright as Rosalind.
Romeo and Juliet (1968 Film, Video)
- Director
- Franco Zeffirelli
- Producer
- John Brabourne; Anthony Havelock-Allan
A feature film adaptation, much cut, and aimed at a mainstream, young audience. Beautifully photographed and costumed, the film was a huge box office success and a forerunner of the ‘teen movie’.