Olivier (64 page)

16
Interview with Knight, H.V. papers; D.G. tapes, interview with Morgan;
Confessions
, pp. 163–4.

17
Film Hamlet
, p. 30; M.A. tapes 41; L.O. to Kenneth Warner, 27/6/47, Add Mss 79935.

18
Film Hamlet
, p. 15; Guthrie,
In Various Directions
, pp. 76–8; Tynan,
He That Plays the King
, pp. 134–5.

19
Jerry Vermilye,
The Complete Films of Laurence Olivier
(New York: Carol Publishing, 1992), p. 415; L.O. to Rank, 9/5/47, Add Mss 80479; Mathieson to L.O., undated, Add Mss 79776.

1
M.A. tapes 26.

2
L.O. to Richardson, 26/10/46, Add Mss 79786; L.O. to Alan Moore, 25/2/50, Add Mss 79908; L.O. to Jane Smith, 7/11/51, James Jackson to L.O., undated, Add Mss 79932.

3
M.A. tapes 20; L.O. to Coward, in Coward,
Letters
, p. 531; Gielgud,
Letters
, p. 105.

4
Beyer to Stephen Thomas, 23/2/48, Add Mss 79978.

5
D.G. tapes, interview with Alec McCowen; Cushing,
Olivier
, ed. Gourlay, p. 124; Garry O’Connor,
Darlings of the Gods: One Year in the Lives of Laurence Olivier and Vivien Leigh
(London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1984), p. 82; Cushing to L.O., 20/3/48, Add Mss 79768; V.L. to Mu Richardson, 15/5/48, Add Mss 82044.

6
M.A. tapes 20; Barker,
Oliviers
, p. 278.

7
M.A. tapes 20; O’Connor,
Darlings of the Gods
, p. 94.

8
L.O. to Burrell, 20/3/48,
cit.
O’Connor,
Richardson
, p. 147; Cushing,
Olivier
, ed. Gourlay, p. 124; D.G. tapes, interview with Georgina Dumel.

9
L.O.’s Notebook, 5/4/48, Add Mss 79980.

10
Beyer report of 16/4/48, Add Mss 79975; V.L. to Mu Richardson, 15/4/48, Add Mss 82044; Redington to H. J. Keates, 5/10/48, Redington papers; Barker,
Oliviers
, p. 282; Freyberg to L.O., 15/10/48, Add Mss 79978.

11
L.O. to Tennant, 14/7/48, Add Mss 79981; Tennant to L.O., 13/7/48, Add Mss 79978.

12
L.O. to S.O., quoted in L.O. to Tennant, 5/8/48, Add Mss 80594.

13
Confessions
, p. 168; L.O. to Tennant, 19/6/48, Add Mss 79977.

14
Confessions
, p. 165.

15
George Chamberlain to Tennant, 24/7/47, Add Mss 79977; L.O. to Tennant, 14/7/48, Add Mss 79981.

16
Harold Hobson,
Theatre in Britain: A Personal View
(Oxford: Phaidon, 1984), pp. 138–9.

17
Guthrie,
A Life in the Theatre
, p. 203; John Elsom and Nicholas Tomalin,
The History of the National Theatre
(London: Cape, 1978), pp. 96–7; M.A. tapes 26.

18
O’Connor,
Richardson
, pp. 134–5.

19
Hamilton to L.O., 16/12/48, Chamberlain to L.O., 19/7/48, Richardson to L.O., 22/9/48, Add Mss 79777.

20
Confessions
, p. 168; Elaine Dundy,
Finch, Bloody Finch: A Biography of Peter Finch
(London: Joseph, 1980), pp. 127–9; L.O. to Tennant, 31/8/48, D.G. papers.

21
H.V.,
Leigh,
pp. 179–80; O’Connor,
Darlings of the Gods
, p. 3.

22
O’Connor,
Darlings of the Gods
, p. 122; L.O. to Stephen Watts, 13/2/46, Add Mss 80619.

23
H.V. papers, interview with Emma Brash;
Confessions
, p. 170.

1
M.A. tapes 26.

2
M.A. tapes 26; Hunt to L.O., 23/12/48, 2/5/50, 22/12/50, Add Mss 79977.

3
L.O. to Beaton, 15/10/48, H.V. papers; Cecil Beaton,
The Strenuous Years: Diaries 1948–55
(London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1973), pp. 19–20.

4
Esher to L.O., June 1949, Add Mss 79977.

5
L.O. to Thorndike, 23/10/52, Add Mss 79779.

6
Selznick,
Private View
, p. 321.

7
L.O. to L. F. Pickin, 18/10/49, Add Mss 80034; Selznick,
Private View
, p. 324; L.O. to Kanin, 6/10/49, Add Mss 79773; M.A. tapes 35.

8
M.A. tapes 57.

9
L.O. to J. B. Priestley, 9 and 21/11/49, Add Mss 79777.

10
Add Mss 79766; Stefan Kanfer,
Somebody. The Reckless Life and Remarkable Career of Marlon Brando
(New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2008), p. 99;
Confessions
, p. 92; Simon Callow,
My Life in Pieces: An Alternative Autobiography
(London: Nick Hern Books, 2010), p. 198.

11
Gielgud,
Letters
, p. 483; Interview with T.O.; Rattigan to L.O., undated, Add Ms 79777; Beaton, Diary, H.V. papers; Adrian Woodhouse,
Angus McBean: Facemaker
(London: Alma, 2006), p. 148;
The Kenneth Williams Diaries
, ed. Russell Davies (London: HarperCollins, 1993), p. 238.

12
D.G. tapes, interview with Rosemary Harris; Bloom to L.O., undated, Add Mss 79766; Graham Lord,
Niv: The Authorised Biography of David Niven
(London: Orion, 2003), p. 308.

13
L.O. to T.O., 20/7/51, Add Mss 88951/1/2; J.E. to L.O., 1/1/52, Add Mss 79897; L.O. to T.O., 4/12/53, Add Mss 88951/1/2.

14
L.O. to J.E., 8/4/49, Add Mss 79879; The records of the various L.O.P. meetings are at Add Mss 79987; Banks to L.O., 3/4/50, Add Mss 79766.

15
Guthrie,
A Life in the Theatre
, p. 120.

16
Hobson,
Sunday Times
, 27/3/49.

17
Barker,
Oliviers
, p. 293; D.G. tapes, interview with Christopher Fry; L.O. to Kanin, 27/1/50, Add Mss 79773; Elliott to L.O., 7/8/50, Add Mss 79770.

18
Rex Harrison,
Rex: An Autobiography
(London: Macmillan, 1974), p. 127; Patrick Garland,
The Incomparable Rex: A Memoir of Rex Harrison in the 1980s
(London, Macmillan, 1998), pp. 30–1; L.O. to Harrison, 23/5/63, Add Mss 80396.

19
Coward,
Diaries
, p. 146; Mills,
Up In the Clouds
, pp. 211–12;
Confessions
, p. 179; M.A. tapes 56; L.O. to Banks, 3/4/50, Add Mss 39766.

20
The Letters of Evelyn Waugh
, ed. Mark Amory (London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1980), p. 282; Waugh to Bushell, 16/8/48, Add Mss 79767.

21
L.O. to Nancy Halliwell-Hobbes, 2/1/51, Add Mss 79773.

1
H.V. papers, interviews with Anne Norwich and Athene Seyler.

2
M.A. tapes 13.

3
House Agent’s report, Add Mss 79849; M.A. tapes 13; Kenneth Clark,
The Other Half: A Self Portrait
(London: John Murray, 1977), p. 60.

4
H.V.,
Leigh
, p. 173; Godfrey Winn,
The Positive Hour
(London: Joseph, 1970), p. 388.

5
T.O.,
My Father
, p. 141; D.G. tapes, interview with John Mills.

6
Lewis,
Olivier
, p. 182; Spoto,
Olivier
, p. 180;
Confessions
, p. 172; Richard Olivier,
Shadow of the Stone Heart: A Search for Manhood
(London: Pan, 1995), p. 87.

7
Confessions
, p. 173; M.A. tapes 21 and 34.

8
M.A. tapes 56; Dundy,
Finch
, p. 182; Kiernan,
Olivier
, p. 249.

9
Confessions
, p. 201; M.A. tapes 56.

10
M.A. tapes 56.

11
Gielgud to Mrs Gielgud, 20/12/50, Add Mss 81310; Gielgud,
Letters
, p. 140.

12
Confessions
, p. 181; M.A. tapes 21; John Mason Brown,
As They Appear
(London: Hamilton, 1953), p. 91; Olivier to Wilson, 28/2/51, Add Mss 80049.

13
Byam Shaw to L.O., 9/3/51, Add Mss 79778.

14
H.V.,
Leigh
, p. 202.

15
M.A. tapes 42; L.O. to Miss Huflet, 24/7/70, Add Mss 80050.

16
Tynan,
Evening Standard
, 11/7/51; Harold Nicolson,
Diaries and Letters 1945–1962
, ed. Nigel Nicolson (London: Collins, 1968), p. 208.

17
Tennessee Williams,
Five O’Clock Angel: Letters of Tennessee Williams to Maria St. Just, 1948–1982
(London: Deutsch, 1991), p. 51; M.A. tapes 21; L.O. to Dent, 4/1/52, Add Mss 79770; L.O. to J.E., 6/3/52, Add Mss 88951/1/1.

18
Confessions
, pp. 186–9; M.A. tapes 20.

19
Interview with J.P.; L.O. to del Giudice, 18/2/52, Add Mss 79769; L.O. to Lord Mayor, undated, Add Mss 79866.

20
Correspondence on Add Mss 79914 and 79830.

21
O’Brian to Churchill, 18/6/51, CHUR 2/531; L.O. to Aylmer, 16/3/50, Add Mss 79910.

22
Thompson to L.O., 25/2/49 and L.O. to Thompson, undated, Add Mss 80367; Tennant to editor
Evening News
, 2/6/51, Add Mss 80367.

23
L.O. to editor
This Month
, 15/11/45, L.O. to Metcalfe, 16/10/46, Add Mss 79895; Dent to Tennant, 29/7/48, Add Mss 79981.

24
L.O. to Barker, 18/7/53, Add Mss 80367; M.A. tapes 16;
Memo from David O. Selznick
, p. 144.

25
Herman,
Wyler
, pp. 328–9.

26
J. C. Trewin,
Peter Brook: A Biography
(London: Macdonald and Co., 1971), p. 69;
Confessions
, pp. 194–5; Peter Brook,
Threads of Time: A Memoir
(London: Methuen Drama, 1998), pp. 99–100.

27
Brook,
Threads of Time
, pp. 99–100;
Confessions
, p. 195.

1
R.O.,
Stone Heart,
p. 4; Meyer,
Not Prince Hamlet
, pp. 260–1; Tynan,
Tynan
, p. 222.

2
Lewenstein to J.P., 12/7/89, Add Mss 79875; Bragg,
Olivier
, p. 10.

3
Billie Whitelaw,
Billie Whitelaw – Who He?: An Autobiography
(London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1995), p. 89; M.A. tapes 1.

4
22/2/52, Add Mss 79896.

5
L.O.P. Board Meeting of 29/1/53, Add Mss 79987;
Confessions
, p. 207; Gourlay,
Olivier
, p. 132.

6
Michael Darlow,
Terence Rattigan: The Man and His Work
(London: Quartet Books, 2010), pp. 304–5; Gourlay,
Olivier
, p. 133; Tynan,
Daily Sketch
, 6/11/53.

7
Fairweather,
Cry God For Larry
, p. 22.

8
V.L. to Mu Richardson, undated, Add Mss 82044.

9
Baddeley,
Daily Sketch
, 11/12/53; Kiernan,
Olivier
, p. 252; M.A. tapes 19.

10
M.A. tapes 9; Croall,
Gielgud
, p. 389.

11
Nicolson,
Diaries and Letters
, p. 292; Williams,
Diaries
, p. 118; M.A. tapes 19.

12
John Gielgud,
An Actor and His Time
(London: Sidgwick and Jackson, 1979), p. 176.

13
Interview with Trader Faulkner; Croall,
Gielgud
, p. 391; Gielgud,
An Actor and His Time
, p. 184; Spoto,
Olivier
, p. 220; Gielgud,
Letters
, p. 180.

14
Coward,
Diaries
, p. 266; Gielgud to L.O., 12/4/55, Add Mss 80299; Gielgud,
Letters
, p. 180; M.A. tapes 21.

15
Byam Shaw to L.O., 24/6/58, Add Mss 80299; M.A. tapes 21; Winn,
Positive Hour
, p. 383; D.G. tapes, interview with Fry; Kennneth Tynan,
Curtains: Selections from the Drama Criticism and Related Writings
(New York: Atheneum, 1961), p. 98; Gielgud,
Letters,
p. 180.

16
M.A. tapes 21; Hobson,
Sunday Times
, 12/6/55; M.A. tapes 13; Interview with Patrick Garland.

17
M.A. tapes 16.

18
Eliot,
cit.
J. C. Trewin,
The Night Has Been Unruly
(London: Robert Hale, 1957), p. 260; L.O. to Rathbone, 14/3/49, Add Mss 79777; L.O. to Blakely, 29/2/72, Add Mss 80394; Brook,
Threads of Time
, pp. 102–3;
Confessions
, p. 215; Brook to L.O., Aug 1955, Add Mss 79766.

19
Tynan,
Observer
, 21/8/55; Gielgud,
Letters
, p. 188; M.A. tapes 21.

20
Gielgud,
Letters
, p. 188; Coward,
Diaries
, pp. 279–80.

21
L.O. to Mu Richardson, 14/9/55, Add Mss 82045; H.V.,
Leigh
, p. 230; Faulkner,
Finch
, pp. 159 and 162; Dundy,
Finch
, pp. 202–3; Walton,
Walton,
p. 202.

22
Coward,
Diaries
, p. 308; Coward,
Letters
, pp. 614–18.

23
Daily Sketch
, 13/7/56; T.O.,
My Father
, p. 183.

24
L.O. to T.O., 13/7/56, T.O. papers.

25
L.O. to Walton, 5/12/57, Add Mss 79777.

1
M.A. tapes 42; Note by Furse, P.H. papers; Munn,
Niven
, p. 155.

2
Screenplay, Quaritch Catalogue, Item 161; Davis to Cecil Tennant, 6/11/57, P.H. papers.

3
Correspondence on Add Mss 80508;
The Selected Letters of William Walton
, ed. Malcolm Hayes (London: Faber, 2002), p. 309; Note by Furse, P.H. papers.

4
L.O. to Walton, 29/7/58, Add Mss 79779; T.O.,
My Father
, pp. 221–2; Furse to L.O., 14/7/58, Add Mss 79771.

5
L.O. to Saint-Denis, 17/3/55, Add Mss 79778; Eliot to L.O., 23 and 24/11/56, Add Mss 79770; L.O. to Mankiewicz, 8/1/56, Mankiewicz to L.O., 13/1/56, Cecil Tennant to Lew Wasserman, 25/4/56, P.H. papers.

6
L.O. to Kubrick, 23/11/59, P.H. papers; Miles,
Serves Me Right
, p. 30.