Laurence Olivier : A Biography

London England: Harper Colli, Limited, 1991. Hardback. Title page removed.otherwise verry good a tight fim copy Tear to top edge of spine of D/J. Olivier's early luife gave little indication of the unrivalled preminence he was ultimately to attain. Born in Dorking in 1907, the son of a clergyman, his career in the theatre had an undistinguished beginning, and he excited the lukemwar interest of Hollywood chiefly because of his resemblance to Ronald Colman. Even at the height of his fame, his greatest triumphs frequently took place against a background of self-doubt and even despair, and his personal life bore little resemblance to his glittering, regal public image. Now, in the first biography of Olivier to appear since his death, the author reveals the real laurence Oliviers, the often lonely an unhappy man behind the great heroic actor. He discloses for the first time the truth about Olivier's three marriages, to Jill Esmond, Vivien Leigh and Joan Plowright. Based on extensive research, many previously unpublished documents and over 160 interviews with those who knew and worled with Olivier, this is the first full portrait of our greatest man of the theatre. Illustrated. 387 pp. (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions ,and all types of Academic Literature.) . Reprint. Cloth. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardback.