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Laurence Olivier

"A goodly prize": Award-winning Shakespeare movies
Photograph from Laurence Olivier's movie of Henry V: Olivier as Henry V. United Artists Corp. Folger Shakespeare Library.
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"A goodly prize": Award-winning Shakespeare movies

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Austin Tichenor

Since we’ve just completed the annual Hollywood marathon called “Awards Season” — several self-congratulatory months filled with the Independent Spirit Awards, the Golden Globe Awards, various guild awards from around the world, the British Film & Television Academy Awards (the…

In the Giving Vein: The Pop-Cultural Legacy of Olivier's Richard III
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In the Giving Vein: The Pop-Cultural Legacy of Olivier's Richard III

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Austin Tichenor
With a US audience of tens of millions in its TV release at the same time it was released in American theaters, Laurence Olivier's film "Richard III" (1955) has left a lasting, sometimes hilarious, legacy in pop culture, from Peter Sellers's lofty and amusing reading of the Beatles' "A Hard Day's Night" in Olivier's style to modern-day TV villains who speak directly to the camera and win us to their side.
Laurence Olivier, Henry V, and Shakespeare on film
Laurence Olivier - Henry V
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Laurence Olivier, Henry V, and Shakespeare on film

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Esther French
Laurence Olivier's film adaptation of Shakespeare's "Henry V" during World War II was only the third Shakespeare film ever to receive Oscar recognition.
Hamlet on the (very) small stage
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Hamlet on the (very) small stage

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Sarah Hovde

Did you pick up a souvenir X-wing figurine for the opening of Rogue One last night? Maybe you’re getting a tie-in edition of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them for Christmas this year, or a poster from the Ghostbusters…