The Entertainer (film) - Wikipedia
The film stars Laurence Olivier as Archie Rice, a failing third-rate music-hall stage performer who tries to keep his career going even as the music-hall tradition fades into history and his personal life falls apart. [8] Olivier was nominated for an Oscar for Best Actor in a Leading Role. [9]
The Entertainer (play) - Wikipedia
The Entertainer is a three-act play by John Osborne, first produced in 1957. His first play, Look Back in Anger, had attracted mixed notices but a great deal of publicity. [1] Having depicted an "angry young man" in the earlier play, Osborne wrote at Laurence Olivier's request [2] about an angry middle-aged man in The Entertainer. Its main ...
Tony Award-winning actor Joan Plowright, widow of Laurence Olivier ...
3 days ago · Laurence Olivier and English actress Joan Plowright in a scene from John Osborne’s play, ‘The Entertainer’ which opened on Broadway on Feb. 4, 1958. ... LONDON (AP) — Award-winning British actor Joan Plowright, who with her late husband Laurence Olivier did much to revitalize the U.K.'s theatrical scene in the decades after World War II ...
Who was Dame Joan Plowright's husband Laurence Olivier and …
3 days ago · Laurence Olivier and English actress Joan Plowright in John Osborne’s play, The Entertainer in 1958 Credit: AP The relationship between Laurence and Joan started when they co-starred in the play ...
Screen: 'The Entertainer':Olivier Stars in John Osborne's Story
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The Entertainer (1960) - IMDb
The Entertainer: Directed by Tony Richardson. With Laurence Olivier, Brenda de Banzie, Roger Livesey, Joan Plowright. Archie Rice, an old-time British music hall performer sinking into final defeat, schemes to stay in show business.
Actor Joan Plowright, widow of Laurence Olivier, dies at 95
2 days ago · Award-winning British stage actor Joan Plowright, the widow of Laurence Olivier, has died. She was 95. Plowright appeared in plays by John Osborne, Shelagh Delaney and Arnold Wesker.
The Entertainer | British, Satire, Comedy | Britannica
The Entertainer, British dramatic film, released in 1960, that is a notable example of the British “kitchen sink” dramas produced in the post-World War II era by writers known as the Angry Young Men. Laurence Olivier portrayed Archie Rice, a third-rate …
The Entertainer - The Criterion Channel
Based on the play by Angry Young Man John Osborne and directed by British New Wave trailblazer Tony Richardson, THE ENTERTAINER is built around one of Olivier’s most riveting performances.
Joan Plowright Dead: British Stage Legend Was 95 - The …
3 days ago · Joan Plowright, the distinguished actress of the post-war British stage and the last wife of Laurence Olivier, has died. She was 95. She won a Tony, was nominated for an Oscar and was married to ...