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Laurence Olivier
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Laurence Kerr Olivier, Baron Olivier, OM (pron.: /ˈlɒrəns ɵˈlɪvi.eɪ/; 22 May 1907 – 11 July 1989) was a British actor, director, and producer. An Anglican clergyman's son, Olivier became determined early on to master Shakespeare, and eventually came to be regarded as one of the foremost Shakespeare interpreters of the 20th century. His three Shakespeare films as actor-director, Henry V (1944), Hamlet (1948), and Richard III (1955), are among the pinnacles of the bard at the cinema. Olivier was the youngest actor to be knighted as a Knight Bachelor, in 1947, and the first to be elevated to the peerage two decades later. In addition to Shakespeare, during a six decade career, Olivier played many other roles on stage and screen. On stage his more than 120 roles included Richard III, Macbeth, Romeo, Hamlet, Uncle Vanya, and Archie Rice in The Entertainer. He appeared in nearly 60 films, including William Wyler's Wuthering Heights (1939), Alfred Hitchcock's Rebecca (1940), Stanley Kubrick's Spartacus (1960), and Joseph L. Mankiewicz's Sleuth (1972). His other Shakespeare roles for the cinema were as Orlando in As You Like It (1936) and the lead in Othello (1965), with virtually the entire cast from the production at the Old Vic of the National Theatre Company, of which he was then artistic director. He had earlier filled the same post at the Old Vic after the war. The largest stage in the National Theatre building was later named after him. Olivier retired from the stage in 1973
top songs
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The Country Of The Blind By H. G. Wells
2782Bartleby the Scrivener
2243ABC Mystery Time: The Suicide Club
1254Hamlet - Churchyard Scene
735The Purse By Honore de Balzac
626Once More Into the Breach - from Henry V
477The Outcasts of Poker Flat
438Now is the winter of our discontent (from Richard III, Act 1 Scene 1)
369Zodomirsky's Duel By Alexandre Dumas
3610The Suicide Club by Robert Louis Stevenson
34albums
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Tales Of Suspense
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Theatre Royal, Vol. 1
The Ultimate Radio Collection
Laurence Olivier Presents a Selection of Short Stories
Olivier In Scenes From Shakespeare's Hamlet & Henry V
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The Very Best Of Oscar Wilde
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Legendary Scenes from Shakespeare
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Theatre Royal, Vol. 3 (1952, 1953)
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As You Like It by William Shakespeare
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Scary Halloween Stories
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Oscar Wilde: Lord Arthur Savile's Crime & The Canterville Ghost
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William Shakespeare Highlights: Laurence Olivier in Othello