Olivier Archive. Vol. CCLX A, B. The Damascus blade (earlier title London Irish), by Bridget Boland; 1949-1952. First performance, Theatre Royal, Newcastle-on-Tyne; 13 March 1949.
Olivier Archive. Vols. CCLXVI-CCLXVIII. Fading mansion, adapted by Donagh MacDonagh from Romeo et Jeanette by Jean Anouilh; 1947-1954. First performance at the Duchess, 31 August 1949.
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.