Laurence Olivier presents

Resource Information

The work Laurence Olivier presents represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Austin Public Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Moving Image, Visual Materials.

Label

Laurence Olivier presents

Statement of responsibility

Granada TV

Title variation

Star-studded series of theatre classics

Contributor

• Wood, Natalie
• Woodward, Edward, 1930-2009
• Woodward, Joanne, 1930-
• Acorn Media (Firm)
• Granada Media (Firm)
• Granada Television
• Apted, Michael
• Bates, Alan, 1934-2003
• Bridges, Alan, 1927-2013
• Campbell, Nicholas, 1952-
• Collier, Patience, 1910-1987
• De Filippo, Eduardo, 1900-1984
• Dotrice, Roy, 1923-2017
• Finlay, Frank, 1926-2016
• trueFisher, Carrie
• trueFowles, John, 1926-2005
• Granger, Derek
• Hall, Willis, 1929-2005
• Hedley, Jack, 1930-
• Heywood, Pat, 1927-
• Houghton, Stanley, 1881-1913
• Howson, June
• Inge, William
• Knights, Robert
• Leach, Rosemary, 1935-2017
• McDowell, Malcolm, 1943-
• trueMirren, Helen
• Moore, Robert, 1927-1984
• trueMortimer, John, 1923-2009
• Narizzano, Silvio
• trueOlivier, Laurence, 1907-1989
• Peach, Mary, 1934-
• truePinter, Harold, 1930-2008
• Pleasence, Donald
• Plowright, Joan
• Rees, Roger, 1944-2015
• Roberts, Roy, 1906-1975
• Scacchi, Greta
• Stapleton, Maureen
• trueWagner, Robert, 1930-
• Waterhouse, Keith
• Willcox, Toyah, 1958-
• trueWilliams, Tennessee, 1911-1983

Subject

• Interpersonal relations -- Drama
• Families on television
• Family -- Television feature
• Family life -- Drama
• Family on television
• Fashion designers -- England | London -- Drama
• Fashion designers -- England | London -- Drama
• Hotels -- England | London -- Drama
• Hotels and motels -- England | London -- Drama
• Interpersonal relations -- Drama
• Families -- Drama
• Made-for-TV movies
• Marriage -- Drama
• Marriage -- Drama
• Melodrama -- Television feature
• Melodramas (Drama)
• Painters -- Drama
• Painters -- Drama
• Plantation life -- Mississippi -- Drama
• Plantation owners -- Mississippi -- Drama
• Retail trade -- Ownership -- England | London -- Drama
• Retail trade -- Ownership -- England | London -- Drama
• Television adaptations
• Television programs
• Television series
• Verbal self-defense -- Drama
• Verbal self-defense -- Drama
• Young women -- Conduct of life -- Drama
• Young women -- Conduct of life -- Drama
• Cities and towns -- England -- Drama
• Cities and towns -- England -- Drama

Genre

• Made-for-TV movies
• Melodrama
• Melodramas (Drama)
• Television adaptations
• Television programs
• Television series
• trueDrama
• Family on television
• Family

Language

eng

Summary

The greatest actor of the 20th century presents six works by great 20th century playwrights. A collection of filmed stage plays from the British television program. Cat on a hot tin roof: A rich plantation owner and his family come to grips with their greed, envy, and self-delusion. -- The collection: What did, or did not, take place in a Leeds hotel ruffles the lives of four habitués of fashionable London. -- Hindle wakes: An independent young mill worker refuses to bow to convention after an indiscretion with the boss's son. -- Come back, Little Sheba: Loss and regret bubble to the surface of a trouble marriage after a young boarder moves in. Saturday, Sunday, Monday: A monumental argument erupts, smolders, and subsides over a weekend in the life of a boisterous Italian family. -- The ebony tower: A young artist studying the work of a great painter becomes intrigued by the elderly man's female companions

Member of

• Laurence Olivier presents (Television program)

Cataloging source

TEFMT

Characteristic

videorecording

Credits note

[Vol. 1]: produced by Derek Granger and Laurence Olivier ; written by Tennessee Williams and Harold Pinter ; directed by Robert Moore and Michael Apted. [Vol. 2]: produced by Laurence Olivier and June Howson ; written by Stanley Houghton and William Inge ; directed by Silvio Narizzano, June Howson, and Laurence Olivier. [Vol. 3]: producers, Laurence Olivier and Roy Roberts ; written by Eduardo de Filippo and John Fowles ; adapted by Keith Waterhouse, Willis Hall, and John Mortimer ; directed by Alan Bridges and Robert Knights. Theme music, Purcell ... [et al.] ; arranger, Michael Lankester

Dewey number

791.43/75

Intended audience

Not rated ; "The ebony tower": Not rated but contains some nudity

LC call number

PN1995.9.M45

LC item number

.L3874634 2006

PerformerNote

• "Cat on a hot tin roof" cast: Laurence Olivier (Big Daddy), Natalie Wood (Margaret), Robert Wagner (Brick), Maureen Stapleton (Big Mamma), Mary Peach (Mae), and Jack Hedley (Gooper)
• "The collection" cast: Laurence Olivier (Harry), Alan Bates (James), Malcolm McDowell (Bill), and Helen Mirren (Stella)
• "Hindle wakes" cast: Donald Pleasence (Nat Jeffcote), Rosemary Leach (Mrs. Jeffcote), Jack Hedley (Chris Hawthorn), Pat Heywood (Mrs. Hawthorn), and Roy Dotrice (Sir Timothy)
• "Come back, little Sheba" cast: Laurence Olivier (Doc), Joanne Woodward (Lola), Carrie Fisher (Marie), Patience Collier (Mrs. Coffman), and Nicholas Campbell (Turk)
• "Saturday, Sunday, Monday" cast: Laurence Olivier (Antonio), Joan Plowright (Rosa), Frank Finlay (Peppino), and Edward Woodward (Luigi)
• "The ebony tower" cast: Laurence Olivier (Henry Breasley), Roger Rees (David Williams), Greta Scacchi (Mouse), and Toyah Willcox (Freak)

Runtime

509

Target audience

general

Technique

live action