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Man of the Theatre

Man of the Theatre

an appreciation of Laurence Olivier

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May 25, 2025
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This is part one of a two-part article and is free to all. Part two, which is for paid subscribers, will be published next week.

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Laurence Olivier in Rebecca (1940). Studio publicity still, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

WHEN I was young, Laurence Olivier was commonly considered to be the UK’s greatest living actor. Some have thrown doubt on that a…

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