Olivier Archive. Vols. CCLXX-CCLXXIV. Venus observed, by Christopher Fry; 1949-1954. Produced by Olivier, and starring Olivier as the Duke of Altair. First performance at the St. James’s; 18 January 1950.
Olivier Archive. Vols. CCLXXV-CCLXXVII. Captain Carvallo, by Denis Cannan; 1949-1954. First performance at Brighton, 5 June 1950 and in London at the St James’s, 9 August 1950.
Olivier Archive. Vols. CCLXXXI-CCLXXXIII. The consul, opera by Gian-Carlo Menotti; 1951-1952. First performance at the Cambridge Theatre, 7 February 1951.
Olivier Archive. Vols. CCLXXXIV-CCXCVII. Antony and Cleopatra, by William Shakespeare, and Caesar and Cleopatra, by G. B. Shaw; 1950-1952. Produced by Olivier for Laurence Olivier Productions, for the Festival of Britain in 1951, and starring Olivier as Antony and Caesar, and Vivien Leigh as Cleopatra. The productions themselves were familiarly known as “the two Cleopatras”.
Olivier Archive. Vols. CCCI-CCCIII. The happy time, by Samuel Taylor; 1950-1953. First performance at the Royal Lyceum, Edinburgh, 21 January 1952; and in London at the St James’s, 30 January 1952.
Olivier Archive. Vols. CCCVIII-CCCXI. Anastasia, by ‘Marcelle-Maurette’ (alias of the Countess de Becdelievre), adapted by Guy Bolton; 1953-1962. First performance at the Theatre Royal, Windsor; 1953, and in London at the St James’s, 5 August 1953.
Olivier Archive. Vols. CCCXIII-CCCXV. Waiting for Gillian (previous title “The crossroads”), by Ronald Millar; adapted from Nigel Balchin’s novel A way through the wood; 1953-1960. First performed at the Opera House, Manchester; 12 April 1954, and in London at the St James’s, 21 April 1954.
Olivier Archive. Vols. CCCXVI-CCCXVIII. Meet a body (previous titles “The green man” and “The body was well nourished”), by Frank Launder and Sidney Gilliat; 1950-1957. First performed at the New Theatre, Oxford, 28 June 1954, and in London at the Duke of York’s, 20 July 1954