Vivien Leigh & Laurence Olivier: All The World's A Stage

A tribute to the stage careers of Vivien Leigh & Laurence Olivier with an excerpt from Caesar & Cleopatra.

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• Vivien
• Leigh
• Laurence
• Olivier
• theatre
• Caesar
• Cleopatra

[cfarries]

Dear vlo1913 - WHAT a WONDERFUL find ! I have the ANTHONY & C scene 'IAM DYING, EGYPT,DYING' from the BBC CD 'ALL THE WORLD'S A STAGE'. Was this clip taken from ANOTHER CD by the BBC? If you have more of this recording of CAESAR (a FIRST hearing for me) then I would be very willing to purchase or exchange for copies of anything from my HUGE LO audio collection. I was asked to raise the toast to him at Notley Abbey on 22nd May.

Best - Christopher Farries

[vlo1913]

I am not sure where this show originated from as I purchased this CD from EBAY which was a compilation of various radio programmes. Unfortunately this is the only scene from Caesar I have possession of. Wow, lucky you that you were at Notley Abbey. Feel free to email me if you would like a copy of this. Thanks for viewing...:O)

[ValiantTofu]

Thank you for this. The photos are wonderful, and include a few that I haven't seen before. And where did you get that audio clip of C&C? I had no idea that it existed.

[vlo1913]

I got this as well as the others from EBAY. Glad you enjoyed it...:O)

[mickeyminnie01]

But, AdArmand, Viv' WAS a great stage actress! She loved that much more than making movies, and she always gave wonderful performances in her plays. So yes she had genius in screen acting but she had also a great talent for the stage, and that's how she has been known at the beggining of her career, because she acted in plays before making movies.

[thebee135]

I love Viv!!!!!! I think Larry was kind of mean.

[andycoxican]

this is one of my favorite clips of vivien leigh and larry

[beachnikk]

Most people are unaware that Vivien Leigh was bi-polar and her illness increased through the years. Only those close to her were aware how devastating it was and medical techonology was not very advanced at the time to correct this. Yet she won two Oscars and a Tony and was a very great actress and woman, and very intelligent. She hated Hollywood and loved the stage but it was because of her illness that prevented her from working more. Had she been able she would have matured with Olivier.

[nitesho]

Thank you for posting this. Thanks to Olivier, I was able to control my stutter as a child, by listening to his albums. I oft imagine what it was like to see these brilliant performers on stage.

Thank you for posting,so we might have a taste. How sad that so few performers today I work in even acknowledge the genius of those who came before.

[dglekjofg]

Yes, especially if you had listened to this audio clip (with the greatest possible respect to Sir Olivier).

[AdArmand]

Poor, poor Viv, she wanted so much to be a great stage actress. She completely disregarded the fact that her true genius was in SCREEN ACTING which is completely different. Vivien WAS brilliant but you never would be known it on stage.

[satualm]

-Do you notice that I have a rather long nose. It is the Roman nose, Cleopatra.

-Aaaaaaaaaaah !!.

[Cagney888]

Yet another wonderfully perfect video!!!  Please keep them coming.

[cfarries]

Look at BFI site - his Shakesp. films are to be projected onto the tower at the Nash. The statue of him as HAMLET is to be unveiled in Theatre Square on September 23rd. He was truly a 'golden-man' - there will never be another. This clip from C&C is marvellous as is compilation film/pics:

CF