Further research material and correspondence relating to each chapter of Granger's proposed biography, with some draft texts. This collection reached only to chapter 5, which was to deal with Olivier’s films from 1930 to 1939.
Research for chapter 1. Includes: Letter from Lindsay Granger to Granger suggesting he spoke to Elspeth March on Olivier. Letter from Granger to Vanessa – thanking her for her memories of Olivier. Letters to Danny Castle in reply to requests for information on Olivier’s early life and family. T...
Research for and partial draft text of chapter 2. Includes letters from First Garden City Heritage Museum, Letchworth, with some press cuttings, to Danny Castle, a summary and partial draft of the text of the chapter, which covered 1920 to 1924.
Research for chapter 3. Includes a summary of the chapter, with some references, and photocopies of leaves from Fogie: the life of Elsie Fogerty, C.B.E., complied by Marion Cole, with a preface by Olivier (London: Peter Davies, 1967).
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.