Laurence Olivier

Past productions

• Director / The Duke of Altair, Venus Observed 18^th January – 5^th August 1950, St James’s Theatre, London.
• Director, Captain Carvallo, Laurence Olivier Productions 12^th June 1950 – 20^th January 1951, St James’s Theatre, London, Garrick Theatre, London, and other locations.
• Director, The Damascus Blade, Laurence Olivier Productions 13^th March – 15^th April 1950, Bristol Hippodrome, Theatre Royal, Newcastle upon Tyne, and other locations.
• Directed by (from the New York production), A Streetcar Named Desire, Tennent Productions Ltd 27^th September 1949 – 19^th August 1950, Aldwych Theatre, London and Opera House, Manchester.
• Sir Peter Teazle, The School for Scandal, Old Vic Company 20^th January – 4^th June 1949, New Theatre (now Noël Coward Theatre), London.
• Richard, Duke of Gloster, Richard III, Old Vic Company 26^th January – 2^nd June 1949, New Theatre (now Noël Coward Theatre), London.
• Chorus / Director, Antigone, Old Vic Company 2^nd February – 1^st June 1949, New Theatre (now Noël Coward Theatre), London.
• Director, The Proposal, Old Vic Company 2^nd February – 1^st June 1949, New Theatre (now Noël Coward Theatre), London.
• RADA Cabaret started 30^th March 1949, Lyceum Theatre, London.
• Director / Sir Peter Teazle, The School for Scandal, British Council, D D O’Connor PTY Ltd, and Old Vic Company March – November 1948, tour of Australia and New Zealand.
• Director / Mr Antrobus, The Skin of Our Teeth, British Council, D D O’Connor PTY Ltd, and Old Vic Company March – November 1948, tour of Australia and New Zealand.
• Director, Born Yesterday, Laurence Olivier 1^st February – 15^th November 1947, Garrick Theatre, London.
• Director / Lear, King Lear, Old Vic Company 24^th September 1946 – 1947, New Theatre (now Noël Coward Theatre), London.
• Uncle Vanya 1945 – 1946, New Theatre (now Noël Coward Theatre), London.
• Mr Puff, The Critic 18^th October 1945 – 1946, New Theatre (now Noël Coward Theatre), London.
• Henry IV, Part 1 1945 – 1946, New Theatre (now Noël Coward Theatre), London.
• Major Sergius Saranoff, Arms and the Man 5^th September 1944 – 1946, New Theatre (now Noël Coward Theatre), London.
• Oedipus, Oedipus Rex 18^th October 1945 – 1946, New Theatre (now Noël Coward Theatre), London.
• Justice Shallow, Henry IV, Part 2, Old Vic Company 1945 – 1946, New Theatre (now Noël Coward Theatre), London.
• Henry Percy (Hotspur), Henry IV, Part 1, Old Vic Company started 26^th September 1945, New Theatre (now Noël Coward Theatre), London.
• Director, The Skin of Our Teeth started 16^th May 1945, Phoenix Theatre, London and Piccadilly Theatre, London.
• Richard, Duke of Gloster, Richard III 13^th September 1944 – 1945, New Theatre (now Noël Coward Theatre), London.
• A Moulder of Buttons, Peer Gynt 31^st August 1944 – 1945, New Theatre (now Noël Coward Theatre), London.
• Astrov, Uncle Vanya 16^th January – ? 1945, New Theatre (now Noël Coward Theatre), London.
• Director, The Skin of Our Teeth 1944 – 1945, Bristol Hippodrome.
• Director / Henry V, Henry V 1944 – 1945, Film Version.
• Director / Romeo, Romeo and Juliet started 9^th May 1940, 51^st Street Theatre, New York.
• Gaylord Easterbrook, No Time for Comedy 17^th April – 30^th September 1939, Ethel Barrymore Theatre, New York.
• Vivaldi, The King of Nowhere 1937 – 16^th April 1938, The Old Vic, London.
• Caius Martius Coriolanus, Coriolanus 1937 – 1938, The Old Vic, London.
• Macbeth, Macbeth 1937 – 1938, The Old Vic, London.
• Iago, Othello 1937 – 1938, The Old Vic, London.
• Hamlet, Hamlet, Old Vic Company started 2^nd June 1937, Kronborg Castle, Elsinore, Denmark.
• Henry, Henry V, Old Vic Company 6^th April – 22^nd May 1937, The Old Vic, London.
• Sir Toby Belch, Twelfth Night, Old Vic Company 23^rd February – 3^rd April 1937, The Old Vic, London.
• Hamlet, Hamlet, Old Vic Company 5^th January – 20^th February 1937, The Old Vic, London.
• Shakespeare Birthday Festival 1936 – 1937, The Old Vic, London.
• Co-director / Robert Patch, Bees on the Boat Deck, Laurence Olivier and Ralph Richardson 5^th May – 6^th June 1936, Lyric Theatre (Shaftesbury Ave), London.
• Romeo; T/O Chorus, Mercutio, Romeo and Juliet 17^th October 1935 – 28^th March 1936, New Theatre (now Noël Coward Theatre), London.
• Director / Richard Harben, Golden Arrow started 30^th May 1935, Whitehall Theatre, London (now Trafalgar Theatre, London).
• Recited 'If', Down and Outs Matinee started 8^th April 1935, Gaiety Theatre, London.
• Oswald Parkinson, Notices, Green Room Club started 7^th April 1935, Comedy Theatre, London (now Harold Pinter Theatre, London).
• The Man, November Afternoon started 15^th March 1935, London Hippodrome.
• Peter Hammond, Ringmaster started 11^th March 1935, Shaftesbury Theatre (1888 – closed 1941), London.
• Peter Hammond, Ringmaster 1934 – 1935, Theatre Royal, Birmingham.
• Philip Cavanagh, The Winning Post started 17^th December 1934, Adelphi Theatre, London.
• The Man, November Afternoon, Green Room Club started 2^nd December 1934, Comedy Theatre, London (now Harold Pinter Theatre, London).
• Policeman Prince, A Kiss for Cinderella started 22^nd November 1934, His Majesty’s Theatre, Haymarket, London (now His Majesty’s Theatre, Haymarket, London).
• Captain Stanhope, Journey’s End started 12^th November 1934, Adelphi Theatre, London.
• Anthony Cavendish, Theatre Royal started 23^rd October 1934, Lyric Theatre (Shaftesbury Ave), London.

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