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Olivier Bibliography

Select Laurence Olivier Bibliography:

Olivier; Laurence, Confessions of an Actor (Simon and Schuster, 1982)
Olivier; Laurence, Henry V, by William Shakespeare (Lorrimer, 1984)
Olivier; Laurence, On Acting (Touchstone, 1986)

Barker; Felix, The Oliviers (J. B. Lippincott, 1953)
Tynan; Kenneth, The Recruiting Officer: The National Theatre Production (Rupert Hart Davis, 1965)
Tynan; Kenneth, Othello: The National Theatre Production (Rupert Hart Davis, 1966)
Fairweather; Virginia, Cry God for Larry (Calder and Boyars, 1969)
Cottrell; John, Laurence Olivier (Prentice-Hall, 1975)
Morley; Margaret, The Films of Laurence Olivier (Citadel, 1977)
Daniels; Robert L., Laurence Olivier: Theatre and Cinema (A. S. Barnes, 1980)
Kiernan; Thomas, Sir Larry (Times Books, 1981)
Barker, Felix, Laurence Olivier (Spellmount, 1984)
Hirsch; Foster, Laurence Olivier on Screen (Da Capo, 1984)
Tanitch; Robert, Olivier: The Complete Career (Abbeville, 1985)
O'Connor; Gary, Olivier: In Celebration (Dodd, Mead, 1987)
Holden; Anthony, Olivier (Athenaeum, 1988)
Bragg; Melvyn, Laurence Olivier (Hutchinson, 1989)
Haill; Lyn, ed., Olivier at Work: The National Theatre Years (Nick Hern/Walker, 1989)
Tynan; Kenneth, Profiles (Nick Hern/Walker, 1989)
Olivier; Tarquin, My Father Laurence Olivier (BCA, 1992)
An authorized biography of Olivier by Terry Coleman is to be published by Bloomsbury in 2005.

Laurence Olivier's personal papers are held at the British Library www.bl.uk

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