Editing Laurence Olivier (section)

==Notes and references==
===Notes===
{{notelist}}

===References===
{{Reflist|refs=

<ref name="TO: BFI season">
{{cite news|last=Hammond|first=Wally|title=Film – Larry's game|work=Time Out|date=1 August 2007|page=57}}</ref>

<ref name=BAFTA>
{{cite web|title=BAFTA Awards Search: Laurence Olivier |url=http://awards.bafta.org/keyword-search?keywords=laurence+olivier&=Search |publisher=[[British Academy of Film and Television Arts]] |access-date=17 January 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150117235003/http://awards.bafta.org/keyword-search?keywords=laurence%20olivier |archive-date=17 January 2015}}</ref>

<ref name="TCM: Carrie">
{{cite web|last=Frank |first=Miller |title=Carrie (1952) |url=https://www.tcm.com/this-month/article/245769 |publisher=[[Turner Classic Movies]] |access-date=17 January 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305225443/http://www.tcm.com/this-month/article/245769%7C0/Carrie.html |archive-date= 5 March 2016}}</ref>

<ref name="D Tel: Hamlet">
{{cite news|last=Campbell |first=Campbell |title=Shakespeare: Laurence Olivier as Hamlet: original 1948 Telegraph review |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/theatre/william-shakespeare/10782898/Shakespeare-Laurence-Olivier-as-Hamlet-original-1948-Telegraph-review.html |access-date=16 January 2015 |work=The Daily Telegraph |date=10 May 1948 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140809143138/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/theatre/william-shakespeare/10782898/Shakespeare-Laurence-Olivier-as-Hamlet-original-1948-Telegraph-review.html |archive-date= 9 August 2014}}</ref>

<ref name="D Tel: Walton">
{{cite news|last=Hunt |first=Brian |title=The last great movie composer |work=The Daily Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/classicalmusic/3574714/The-last-great-movie-composer.html |date=16 March 2002 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121111113454/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/classicalmusic/3574714/The-last-great-movie-composer.html |archive-date=11 November 2012}}</ref>

<ref name="Ayliff interview">
{{cite web|title=David Ayliff – interview transcript |url=http://sounds.bl.uk/related-content/TRANSCRIPTS/024T-C1142X000149-0100A0.pdf |website=Theatre Archive Project |publisher=British Library |access-date=3 February 2015 |date=18 December 2006 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140218230601/http://sounds.bl.uk/related-content/TRANSCRIPTS/024T-C1142X000149-0100A0.pdf |archive-date=18 February 2014}}</ref>

<ref name="Spect: Plowright">{{cite news|last=Christiansen|first=Rupert|title=Tending the sacred flame|work=The Spectator|date=13 October 2001|url=http://archive.spectator.co.uk/search?term=%22tending+the+sacred+flame%22&first-month=Jul&first-year=1828&last-month=Dec&last-year=2008|pages=49–50|access-date=14 January 2015|archive-date=14 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150914204026/http://archive.spectator.co.uk/search?term=%22tending+the+sacred+flame%22&first-month=Jul&first-year=1828&last-month=Dec&last-year=2008|url-status=live}}</ref>

<ref name="Walk of fame">
{{cite web|title=Laurence Olivier |url=http://www.walkoffame.com/laurence-olivier |publisher=[[Hollywood Walk of Fame]] |access-date=13 January 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402101342/http://www.walkoffame.com/laurence-olivier |archive-date= 2 April 2015}}</ref>

<ref name="Hall o F">
{{cite web|title=Members |url=http://www.theaterhalloffame.org/members.html#O |publisher=[[American Theater Hall of Fame]] |access-date=13 January 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150118013544/http://www.theaterhalloffame.org/members.html |archive-date=18 January 2015}}</ref>

<ref name="D Tel: Statue">
{{cite news|last=Reynolds|first=Nigel|title=South Bank statue marks Olivier centenary|work=The Daily Telegraph|date=24 September 2007|page=11}}</ref>

<ref name=walker>
{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/6679633.stm |title=The great pretender |last=Walker |first=Andrew |date=22 May 2007 |publisher=BBC Magazine |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120327223517/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/6679633.stm |archive-date=27 March 2012}}</ref>

<ref name="who">
{{cite web| url= http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whowaswho/U167741 | title=Olivier, Baron | website= Who Was Who |url-access=subscription | access-date=10 January 2015}}</ref>

<ref name="Guard: Insurance">
{{cite news|last=Ezard|first=John|title=Olivier's 'fury' over films in final years|work=The Guardian|date=13 July 1989|page=2}}</ref>

<ref name="Oscar: Marathon">
{{cite web|title=The 49th Academy Awards: 1977 |url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1977 |website=Academy Awards Database |publisher=[[Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences]] |access-date=12 January 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150111214401/http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1977 |archive-date=11 January 2015}}</ref>

<ref name="globes: Marathon">
{{cite web|url=http://www.goldenglobes.com/film/marathon-man |title=Marathon Man |publisher=[[Hollywood Foreign Press Association]] |access-date=12 January 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160401002602/http://www.goldenglobes.com/film/marathon-man |archive-date= 1 April 2016}}</ref>

<ref name="Times: Marathon">
{{cite news|last=Robinson|first=David|author-link=David Robinson (film critic)|title=Schlesinger's long-running dream|work=The Times|date=17 December 1976|page=15}}</ref>

<ref name="EB: LO">
{{cite web|title=Laurence Olivier, Baron Olivier of Brighton|url=http://global.britannica.com/biography/Laurence-Olivier-Baron-Olivier-of-Brighton|website=[[Encyclopædia Britannica]]|access-date=12 January 2015|date=7 January 2014}}</ref>

<ref name="Guard: Peerage 1">
{{cite news|title=Major Birthday award|work=The Guardian|date=15 June 1970|page=16}}</ref>

<ref name="Guard: Peerage 2">
{{cite news|title=Knights of export|work=The Observer|date=14 June 1970|page=2}}</ref>

<ref name="Oscar: Othello">
{{cite web|title=The 38th Academy Awards: 1966 |url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1966 |website=Academy Awards Database |publisher=[[Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences]] |access-date=11 January 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150111233714/http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1966 |archive-date=11 January 2015}}</ref>

<ref name="Oscar: Entertainer">
{{cite web|title=The 33rd Academy Awards: 1961 |url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1961 |website=Academy Awards Database |publisher=[[Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences]] |access-date=11 January 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151015234831/http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1961 |archive-date=15 October 2015}}</ref>

<ref name="Guard: Entertainer">
{{cite news|title=Archie Rice alone|work=The Guardian|date=30 July 1960|page=3}}</ref>

<ref name="ILN: Sleuth">
{{cite news|title=Cinema|work=Illustrated London News|date=27 October 1973|page=5}}</ref>

<ref name="Oscar: Sleuth">
{{cite web|title=The 45th Academy Awards: 1973 |url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1973 |website=Academy Awards Database |publisher=[[Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences]] |access-date=11 January 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140717051744/http://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/legacy/ceremony/45th-winners.html |archive-date=17 July 2014}}</ref>

<ref name="Guard: Richard">
{{cite news|title=Sir Laurence Olivier's Film of ''Richard III'': A Bold and Successful Achievement|work=The Manchester Guardian|date=14 December 1955|page=5}}</ref>

<ref name="Oscar: Richard">
{{cite web|title=The 29th Academy Awards: 1957 |url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1957 |website=Academy Awards Database |publisher=[[Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences]] |access-date=10 January 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160507092819/http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1957 |archive-date= 7 May 2016}}</ref>

<ref name="BFI: Hamlet">
{{cite web|last=Brooke |first=Michael |title=Hamlet (1948) |url=http://www.screenonline.org.uk/film/id/440240/ |website=[[Screenonline]] |publisher=[[British Film Institute]] |access-date=10 January 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150225170458/http://www.screenonline.org.uk/film/id/440240/ |archive-date=25 February 2015}}</ref>

<ref name="Oscar: Hamlet">
{{cite web|title=The 21st Academy Awards: 1949 |url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1949 |website=Academy Awards Database |publisher=[[Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences]] |access-date=10 January 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706093808/http://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/legacy/ceremony/21st-winners.html |archive-date= 6 July 2011}}</ref>

<ref name="Obs: Hamlet">
{{cite news|last=Lejeune|first=Catherine|author-link=C. A. Lejeune|title=Hamlet The Dane|work=The Observer|date=9 May 1948|page=2}}</ref>

<ref name="S. Times: Finch">
{{cite news|last=Brooks|first=Richard|title=Olivier worn out by love and lust of Vivien Leigh|url=http://infoweb.newsbank.com/resources/doc/nb/news/10BE603B78E0C2B0?p=UKNB|work=The Sunday Times|date=7 August 2005|access-date=10 January 2015}}</ref>

<ref name="Oscar: Henry">
{{cite web|title=The 19th Academy Awards: 1947 |url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1947 |website=Academy Awards Database |publisher=[[Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences]] |access-date=8 January 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706093757/http://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/legacy/ceremony/19th-winners.html |archive-date= 6 July 2011}}</ref>

<ref name="Guard: Henry">
{{cite news|title=''Henry V'': Mr. Olivier's New Film|work=The Manchester Guardian|date=23 November 1944|page=3}}</ref>

<ref name="Times: Henry">
{{cite news|title=''Henry V''|work=The Times|date=23 November 1944|page=6}}</ref>

<ref name="BFI: Hamilton">
{{cite web|last=Moat |first=Janet |title=That Hamilton Woman (1941) |website=[[Screenonline]] |url=http://www.screenonline.org.uk/film/id/438903/ |publisher=[[British Film Institute]] |access-date=9 January 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150202164526/http://www.screenonline.org.uk/film/id/438903/ |archive-date= 2 February 2015}}</ref>

<ref name="Oscar: Wuthering">
{{cite web|title=The 12th Academy Awards: 1940 |url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1940 |website=Academy Awards Database |publisher=[[Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences]] |access-date=8 January 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706093722/http://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/legacy/ceremony/12th-winners.html |archive-date= 6 July 2011}}</ref>

<ref name="NYT: Q Planes">
{{cite news|last=Nugent |first=Frank |author-link=Frank Nugent |title=The Screen in Review |url=https://www.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9A0DE5DF1530E53ABC4E52DFB0668382629EDE |work=The New York Times |date=16 June 1939 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160723025018/http://www.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9A0DE5DF1530E53ABC4E52DFB0668382629EDE |archive-date=23 July 2016}}</ref>

<ref name="Guard: Beau Geste">
{{cite news|title=The London Stage: ''Beau Geste'' at His Majesty's|work=The Manchester Guardian|date=1 February 1929|page=14}}</ref>

<ref name="jg-plans">
{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title= Mr Gielgud's Plans |newspaper= The Times |date= 10 March 1936|page=14 }}</ref>

<ref name="ivor hamlet">
{{cite news |last= Brown |first= Ivor |date= 29 May 1930|title= Mr John Gielgud's Hamlet |newspaper= The Manchester Guardian |page=6 }}</ref>

<ref name="ivor hamlet2">
{{cite news |last= Brown |first= Ivor |date= 10 January 1937|title= Hamlet in Full |newspaper= The Observer |page=15 }}</ref>

<ref name="comedie">
{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title= Visit of Comédie Française |newspaper= The Times |date=13 April 1953 |page=10 }}</ref>

<ref name="times-hamlet">
{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title= Old Vic |newspaper= The Times |date= 8 January 1937|page=10 }}</ref>

<ref name="romeo-new-york-times">
{{cite news
 |last=Atkinson
 |first=Brooks
 |date=10 May 1940
|title=The Play in Review
 |newspaper=The New York Times
 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1940/05/10/archives/the-play-in-review-laurence-olivier-and-vivien-leigh-act-the-title.html
 |url-access=subscription
 |url-status=live
 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306020918/http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9B07E3DE1431E23ABC4852DFB366838B659EDE
 |archive-date= 6 March 2016
|df=
}}</ref>

<ref name="times vanya">
{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title= New Theatre |newspaper= The Times |date= 17 January 1945|page= 6}}</ref>

<ref name="levin tears">
{{cite news |last= Levin |first= Bernard |date= 16 February 1971|title= Tears and gin with the Old Vic |newspaper= The Times |page= 12}}</ref>

<ref name="times-rr-obit">
{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title= Obituary: Sir Ralph Richardson |newspaper= The Times |date= 11 October 1983|page=14 }}</ref>

<ref name="guardian-rr-obit">
{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title= Obituary: Sir Ralph Richardson |newspaper= The Guardian |date= 11 October 1983|page=11 }}</ref>

<ref name="guardian-sack">
{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title= Old Vic Changes: New Administrator Appointed |newspaper= The Manchester Guardian |date= 23 December 1948 |page=8 }}</ref>

<ref name="times-coronation-season">
{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title= Theatres |newspaper= The Times |date= 1 June 1953|page=2 }}</ref>

<ref name="times-henry-iv-ad">
{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title= Theatres |newspaper= The Times |date= 25 September 1945|page=8 }}</ref>

<ref name="trewin-macbeth">
{{cite news |last= Trewin |first= J. C. |date= 25 June 1955|title= The World of the Theatre |newspaper= Illustrated London News |page=1160 }}</ref>

<ref name="times-1955-macbeth">
{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title= Stratford|newspaper= The Times |date= 8 June 1955|page=8}}</ref>

<ref name="tynan-macbeth">
{{cite news |last= Tynan |first= Kenneth |date= 12 June 1955|title= Fate and Furies |newspaper= The Observer |page=6 }}</ref>

<ref name="guardian-25-anniv">
{{cite news|last=Billington |first=Michael |date=11 July 2014 |title=Laurence Olivier: still the actor's actor 25 years after his death |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2014/jul/11/laurence-olivier-25-years-anniversary-death |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160422213843/http://www.theguardian.com/stage/2014/jul/11/laurence-olivier-25-years-anniversary-death |archive-date=22 April 2016}}</ref>

<ref name="tynan-titus">
{{cite news |last= Tynan |first= Kenneth |date= 21 August 1955|title= Chamber of Horrors |newspaper= The Observer |page=11 }}</ref>

<ref name="times-entertainer">
{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title= Mr Ian Carmichael in New Play |newspaper= The Times |date= 25 November 1957|page=3 }}</ref>

<ref name="nyt-entertainer">
{{cite news|last=Atkinson |first=Brooks |date=13 February 1958 |title=Theatre: Olivier in 'The Entertainer'; John Osborne Play Opens at Royale |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1958/02/13/archives/theatre-olivier-in-the-entertainer-john-osborne-play-opens-at.html |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305145718/http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9403E2DF1339EF3BBC4B52DFB4668383649EDE |archive-date= 5 March 2016}}</ref>

<ref name="BFI: Henry">
{{cite web|last=Brooke |first=Michael |title=Henry V (1944) |url=http://www.screenonline.org.uk/film/id/439237/ |website=[[Screenonline]] |publisher=[[British Film Institute]] |access-date=10 January 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150710105435/http://www.screenonline.org.uk/film/id/439237/ |archive-date=10 July 2015}}</ref>

<ref name="BFI: AYLI">
{{cite web|last=Brooke |first=Michael |title=Laurence Olivier and Shakespeare |url=http://www.screenonline.org.uk/film/id/445050/ |website=[[Screenonline]] |publisher=[[British Film Institute]] |access-date=6 January 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150118055824/http://www.screenonline.org.uk/film/id/445050/ |archive-date=18 January 2015}}</ref>

<ref name="times-chichester-1">
{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title= First Plays for Chichester Theatre |newspaper= The Times |date=15 January 1962|page=14 }}</ref>

<ref name="times-chichester-2">
{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title= Chekhov That Moscow Cannot Better |newspaper= The Times |date= 17 July 1962|page=13 }}</ref>

<ref name="times-chichester-3">
{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title= Chichester Festival|newspaper= The Times |date= 8 February 1963|page=14 }}</ref>

<ref name="times-obit">
{{cite news| author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title= Obituary: Lord Olivier |newspaper= The Times |date= 12 July 1989|page=16 }}</ref>

<ref name="Lejeune: Wuthering">
{{cite news|last=Lejeune|first=C.A.|author-link=C. A. Lejeune|title=Films of the Week|work=The Observer|date=30 April 1939|page=12}}</ref>

<ref name="Times: Wuthering">
{{cite news|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->|title=The Gaumont, Haymarket|work=The Times|date=26 April 1939|page=14}}</ref>

<ref name=Hamletscenen>
{{cite web|title=Hamletscenen at Kronborg Castle|url=http://www.hamletscenen.dk/uk/welcome/hamletscenen-2016/|access-date=8 January 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140726021551/http://www.hamletscenen.dk/uk/welcome/hamletscenen-2016/|archive-date=26 July 2014}}</ref>

<ref name="nt-olivier">{{cite web | url=http://www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/discover-more/artists/laurence-olivier-nt-50th | title=Laurence Olivier| publisher = Royal National Theatre | access-date=9 January 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150203103659/http://www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/discover-more/artists/laurence-olivier-nt-50th | archive-date=3 February 2015}}</ref>

<ref name="recruiting-officer">
{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title= Classic Related To Modern World |newspaper= The Times |date=11 December 1963 |page= 17}}</ref>

<ref name="paycock">
{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title= O'Casey: Victim of His Own Legend |newspaper= The Times |date=27 April 1966 |page=7 }}</ref>

<ref name="merchant-1926">
{{cite news | author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> | title=The Merchant of Venice – Scenes in Modern Dress | newspaper=The Times | date=24 April 1926 | p=16}}</ref>

<ref name="guardian-merchant1">
{{cite news | last=Waterhouse | first=Robert | title=The Merchant of Venice at the National Theatre | newspaper=The Guardian | date=29 April 1970 | page=10}}</ref>

<ref name="guardian-merchant2">
{{cite news | last=Fiddick | first=Peter | title=The Merchant of Venice on television | newspaper=The Guardian | date=12 February 1974 | page=12}}</ref>

<ref name="lewis-sunday-times">
{{cite news | last=Lewis | first=Roger |title= In the shadow of a giant – Laurence Olivier | newspaper=The Sunday Times | pages=10–12 | url=http://infoweb.newsbank.com/resources/doc/nb/news/0F929F358AEE4D4B?p=UKNB | date=12 November 1995 | access-date=10 January 2015}}</ref>

<ref name="strachan">
{{cite news|last= Strachan |first= Alan |url=http://infoweb.newsbank.com/resources/doc/nb/news/132A885355CDDD08?p=UKNB |title=Obituary: Sir John Gielgud | newspaper=The Independent|date=23 May 2000 | access-date=10 January 2015}}</ref>

<ref name=heilpern>
{{cite news|last=Heilpern |first=John |url=http://observer.com/1998/01/in-praise-of-the-holy-trinity-olivier-gielgud-richardson |title=In Praise of the Holy Trinity: Olivier, Gielgud, Richardson |newspaper=The New York Observer |date=12 January 1998 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402230604/http://observer.com/1998/01/in-praise-of-the-holy-trinity-olivier-gielgud-richardson/ |archive-date= 2 April 2015}}</ref>

<ref name="vineberg">
{{cite journal|last=Vineberg|first=Steve|title=Olivier's Lear|journal=The Threepenny Review |issue=20|date=Winter 1985|page=25|jstor= 4383358}} {{subscription}}</ref>

<ref name="tynan-interview">
{{cite journal|last=Tynan|first=Kenneth|title= The Actor: Tynan Interviews Olivier |journal= The Tulane Drama Review |issue=11.2|date=Winter 1966|pages=71–101|jstor= 1125187}} {{subscription}}</ref>

<ref name="crowdus">
{{cite journal|last=Crowdus |first=Gary |title=Richard III by Laurence Olivier |journal=Cinéaste |jstor=41687396 |volume=21 |issue=3 |year=1995 |pages=53–54 }}</ref>

<ref name="levin-obit-times">
{{cite news |last=Levin|first=Bernard|title= Silent falls the blazing trumpet|newspaper= The Times |date=12 July 1989 |page= 14}}</ref>

}}

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