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Oedipus Rex is widely regarded as one of the greatest plays, stories, and tragedies ever written. [21] [22] In 2015, when The Guardian ' s theatre critic Michael Billington, selected what he thinks are the 101 greatest plays ever written, Oedipus Rex was placed second, just after The Persians. [23]
Campbell played Hastings in the opening production of Richard III in 1953, and King Oedipus in the stage and screen production of Oedipus Rex in 1954. He appeared many times at Stratford in the fifty years that followed, drawing great acclaim in the role of Othello in 1959, and in many appearances as Falstaff. [3] [4]
In 1983, Pennington appeared as Moff Jerjerrod in the Star Wars film Return of the Jedi alongside fellow Old Vic alum James Earl Jones. He also played Michael Foot in The Iron Lady with Meryl Streep; and among his notable TV appearances have been in the title role of Oedipus Rex and in the television movie The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
The Old Vic: Cassius: with the Old Vic Company Ghosts: Oct 1958: The Old Vic: Pastor Manders: with the Old Vic Company Macbeth: Oct 1958: The Old Vic: Macbeth: with the Old Vic Company The Magistrate: Oct 1958: The Old Vic: Mr Posket: with the Old Vic Company Moonbirds: October 1959: Cort Theatre, New York Alexander Chabert: Oedipus Rex: April ...
When Ralph Richardson, Olivier and John Burrell were appointed to re-establish the Old Vic as a leading London company in 1944 they recruited Thorndike, who played Aase in Peer Gynt, Catherine Petkoff in Arms and the Man, Queen Margaret in Richard III, Marina in Uncle Vanya, Mistress Quickly in Henry IV, Parts 1 and 2, Jocasta in Oedipus Rex ...
Laurence Kerr Olivier, Baron Olivier (/ ˈ l ɒr ə n s ˈ k ɜːr ə ˈ l ɪ v i eɪ / LORR-ənss KUR ə-LIV-ee-ay; 22 May 1907 – 11 July 1989) was an English actor and director.He and his contemporaries Ralph Richardson and John Gielgud made up a trio of male actors who dominated the British stage of the mid-20th century.
On Monday (2 October), The Old Vic, by permission of The Band Aid Charitable Trust, announced the world premiere of Just For One Day. The off-West End show, written by British author John O ...
In 1946, Laurence Olivier played the role of Mr. Puff in a famous production of the play at The Old Vic, alternating with Sophocles's Oedipus Rex. [1] In 1982, Hywel Bennett starred in a BBC television production which was also broadcast in the U.S. on the A&E channel. [citation needed]