Confessions of an Actor

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In his long-awaited autobiography, Laurence Ohvier describes his eventful public and private life as only he can.
The most admired and daring performer of his age, he is naturally remembered for the great classic roles in seasons at the Old Vic, but it was with the films /^eâecca and Wuthering Heights that he became an international star of the first rank - a position he has constantly reaffirmed in contemporary roles such as Archie Rice in Osborne's The Entertainer and as Lord Marchmain in Brideshead Revisited. In farce, melodrama and comedy too, his mercurial brilliance has been recognizable behind an astonishing variety of disguises.
Most of his close relationships have grown from his work. He first met his life-long friends Ralph Richardson and Noël Coward at rehearsal more than fifty years ago. He recalls, too, all the great stars of stage and screen he has known, including the Lunts, Edith Evans, John Gielgud, Charlie Chaplin, Garbo, Danny Kaye, John Mills, Marilyn Monroe... Tovább

Fülszöveg

In his long-awaited autobiography, Laurence Ohvier describes his eventful public and private life as only he can.
The most admired and daring performer of his age, he is naturally remembered for the great classic roles in seasons at the Old Vic, but it was with the films /^eâecca and Wuthering Heights that he became an international star of the first rank - a position he has constantly reaffirmed in contemporary roles such as Archie Rice in Osborne's The Entertainer and as Lord Marchmain in Brideshead Revisited. In farce, melodrama and comedy too, his mercurial brilliance has been recognizable behind an astonishing variety of disguises.
Most of his close relationships have grown from his work. He first met his life-long friends Ralph Richardson and Noël Coward at rehearsal more than fifty years ago. He recalls, too, all the great stars of stage and screen he has known, including the Lunts, Edith Evans, John Gielgud, Charlie Chaplin, Garbo, Danny Kaye, John Mills, Marilyn Monroe and Alfred Hitchcock. His relationships on stage and ofT with each of his three wives - Jill Esmond, Vivien Leigh and Joan Plowright - are vividly and poignantly described, and form a central part of his recollections.
Laurence Olivier's story is of a life that has combined the height of artistic endeavour with the rivalry and glamour of showbusiness in a way that is unique. No classical actor has been such a dazzling star. No star has been such a magnificent actor.
IVM 48 pages of black and white illustrations Vissza