Laurence Olivier, Signed to Gore Vidal, with His Bookstamp
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[Signed to Gore Vidal] Spoto, Donald. Laurence Olivier, A Biography. First Edition. 1992. Book and dust jacket are both in very good condition. Book is inscribed on the title page, “For Gore Vidal—with great admiration and with gratitude for collegial support, Donald Spoto, 26.III.92.” Book is stamped “From the library of GORE VIDAL” on the flyleaf.
Not merely a rehashing of facts on a timeline, this biography plumbs the depths of the only Shakespearean actor ever to become a Hollywood superstar. Spoto is equally at home on the West End as he is in a Hollywood film studio, a prerequisite to understanding the duality of Olivier. The book also covers Olivier’s ill-fated marriage and career rivalry with the emotionally disturbed Vivien Leigh, as well as the other significant relationships (and rivalries) in his life—Noel Coward and John Gielgud, for example.
“I was trying to sell realism in Shakespeare. I believed in it with my whole soul.”
--Laurence Olivier
Not merely a rehashing of facts on a timeline, this biography plumbs the depths of the only Shakespearean actor ever to become a Hollywood superstar. Spoto is equally at home on the West End as he is in a Hollywood film studio, a prerequisite to understanding the duality of Olivier. The book also covers Olivier’s ill-fated marriage and career rivalry with the emotionally disturbed Vivien Leigh, as well as the other significant relationships (and rivalries) in his life—Noel Coward and John Gielgud, for example.
“I was trying to sell realism in Shakespeare. I believed in it with my whole soul.”
--Laurence Olivier
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