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  1. 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...

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  2. 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...

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  3. 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...

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  4. 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....

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  5. 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...

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  6. Sir Laurence Olivier (1970 Television)

    Series
    Cinema
    Director
    Michael Becker (2)
    Producer
    John Hamp

    Michael Parkinson interviews Laurence Olivier.

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  7. 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.

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  8. 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’.

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  9. Laurence Olivier (1966 Television)

    Series
    Great Acting
    Producer
    Hal Burton

    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...

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  10. Othello (1965 Film)

    Director
    Stuart Burge
    Producer
    John Brabourne; Anthony Havelock-Allan

    A recording of the National Theatre production, directed by John Dexter, restyled somewhat for film, but retaining much of its ‘staginess’, Olivier doing little to adapt his towering and extravagant...

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