OlivierMacmillan, 31 d’oct. 2006 - 608 pàgines "To my mind already a classic, Mr. Coleman had access to the great actor's archives, but obviously had his heirs' permission to tell his story fearlessly."--Richard Schickel, The Wall Street Journal Sir Laurence Olivier met everyone, knew everyone, and played every role in existence. But the century's most accomplished actor was as elusive in life as he was on the stage. In this enthralling biography, acclaimed biographer Terry Coleman draws for the first time on the vast archive of Olivier's private papers and correspondence, and those of his family, finally uncovering the history and the private self that Olivier worked so masterfully all his life to obscure. For Olivier, acting and sex were inseparable: his relationships with his wives Vivien Leigh and Joan Plowright, and many others, became both a powerful inspiration and a constant torment, each feeding the other and driving Olivier to greater heights. Here, in the first comprehensive and only authorized biography, Coleman uncovers the origins of Olivier's genius and reveals the methods of the century's most fascinating performer. |
Continguts
Sweet Singing and Whispering | 12 |
An Unanswered Wish to Be Liked | 23 |
Our Particular Pet Devil or What? | 34 |
The Lick of Luxury of Those Lush Valleys | 46 |
Matinee Idol to Roaring Italian Boy | 56 |
Vivling and Dark Destruction | 68 |
Hamlet and Mr and Mrs Andrew Kerr | 80 |
The Making of Wuthering Heights | 99 |
Richard III and the Ménage à Trois | 251 |
The Prince and the Showgirl | 264 |
The King Comes to the Court | 275 |
Dropping the Legend | 294 |
New Wife New National | 316 |
Max Factor 2880 and Love of a Strange Strength | 330 |
The Concrete NeverNever Land | 346 |
The College of Cardinals and Surprise | 373 |
IO Gone With the Wind | 108 |
Not Sceered Just Proud | 123 |
Not Ever Having Been an Actor | 136 |
The Walrus and the Sceptered Isle | 145 |
Keans Sword and the Thrill | 161 |
15 | 179 |
God and the Angel | 190 |
Living Like Royals | 202 |
Streetcar Carrie and the Cleos | 214 |
Great God in Heaven What Now? | 234 |
A Bit Worried About Time Running Out | 394 |
A Gesture Somewhere Round Glory | 407 |
Jobbing Actor OM | 425 |
No Longer on an Even Keel | 443 |
St Pauls or Westminster Abbey | 461 |
The Androgynous Actor | 477 |
A Chronology of Oliviers Films | 504 |
Notes | 517 |
Acknowledgments | 568 |
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