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Michael Parkinson interviews Laurence Olivier.
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....
Radio arts programme in which John Huntley presents a previously undiscovered tape that he recorded in 1956 with Laurence Olivier, describing the problems of shooting Shakespearean films. Other contributors...
Laurence Olivier talks to Patrick Garland from his home in Sussex, and reads his own choice of poetry and prose from William Shakespeare and other writers.
Mashup. A parody of Olivier’s HAMLET (1948) and the plot of the play. Scottish folksinger Adam McNaughton’s song ‘Oor Hamlet’ outlines the main plot points of Hamlet, gently highlighting its...
Television arts programme. A tribute to Laurence Olivier, broadcast on the day of his funeral. A somewhat hastily assembled miscellany of clips and critical assessments. The deepest insight comes in part...
Television programme. Kenneth Tynan interviews Laurence Olivier about his career and major Shakespeare roles. Olivier speaks of how he used the Oedipus complex in Hamlet, working with Tyrone Guthrie (whom...
Television polemic. Russell Davies questions Laurence Olivier’s position as the pre-eminent Shakespearean actor, arguing that his performances are all show and no substance. This belief is compromised by...
Radio programme. !0 years after his death, what is Olivier’s cultural legacy? By cutting the theatre text of Henry V he created a film of patriotic wartime propaganda which still colours perceptions of...
Radio documentary, presented by Mark Lawson, celebrating Laurence Olivier’s centenary. A fascinating account of Olivier’s career and acting legacy with revealing comment and anecdotes from those who...