Research for chapter 5. Includes a chronology of the chapter, to cover 1930 to 1937, photocopies of published cast lists and summaries of films in which Olivier performed in that period, and photocopies of articles on Olivier’s homes.
Photocopies from books and press-cuttings on Olivier and his family and associated persons, those on Noel Coward, Christopher Fry, Sir Peter Hall, Vivien Leigh, Elspeth March, Sarah Miles and Richard Olivier being particularly identified by Granger. Not indexed.
Press-cuttings on the Olivier archive now in the British Library (Add MS 79766-80750) and on Granger’s commission to write the official biography of Olivier based on the archive.
30 coloured photographs of Dorking (including some of the house in which Olivier lived, bearing a commemorative plaque), and other locations, probably taken by Granger, who probably appears on one of the photographs of Dorking.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1998
Extent:
1 photograph album including 34 coloured photographs
Items relating to the Old Vic Company, in particular its tour to Australia and New Zealand in 1948. Contents: Silk scarf, inscribed ‘To commemorate the visit of the Old Vic Company with Sir Laurence Olivier and Vivien Leigh 1948’. Brochure for the tour, published by the British Council, 1948. Si...