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Sir Laurence Olivier - 3

Olivier as Hamlet

Note: all theatres London unless otherwise specified.

The Sixties

1960

  • Rhinoceros (Royal Court) (Berenger: directed by Orson Wells)
  • Becket (St James's) (Becket, then Henry)
1961
  • Director of the Chichester Festival Theatre
  • The Chances (Chichester) (Director)
  • The Broken Heart (Chichester) (Director: played Prologue and Bassanes)
  • Uncle Vanya (Chichester) (Director: played Astrov)
  • Semi-Detached (Saville) (Fred Midway)
1963
  • Appointed Director of the National Theatre at the Old Vic
  • Hamlet (Old Vic) (Inaugural production: Director. Cast included Max Adrian, Peter O'Toole and Michael Redgrave)
  • Uncle Vanya (Old Vic) (Director: played Astrov)
  • The Recruiting Officer (Old Vic) (Captain Brazen)
1964
  • Othello (Old Vic) (Othello)
  • The Master Bulder (Old Vic) (Solness: with Joan Plowright)
1965
  • The Crucible (Old Vic) (Director)
  • Love for Love (Tour to Berlin and Moscow, then Old Vic) (Tattle)
1967
  • The Dance of Death (Old Vic, then tour of Canada) (Edgar)
  • A Flea in the Ear (Old Vic, then tour of Canada) (Plucheux)
  • The Three Sisters (Old Vic, then tour of Canada) (Director)
1968
  • Love's Labour's Lost (Old Vic) (Director)
  • The Advetisement (Old Vic) (Co-Director)

The Seventies

1970
  • Created Baron Olivier of Brighton
  • Merchant of Venice (Old Vic) (Shylock: directed by Jonathan Miller)
1971
  • Amphitryon 38 (New) (Director: NT company)
  • Long Day's Journey into Night (New) (James Tyrone: NT company)
1972
  • Long Day's Journey into Night (Old Vic) (James Tyrone: NT company)
1973
  • Resigned as Director of the National Theatre. No more stage appearances thereafter.

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