Laurence Olivier statue SE1, South Bank, National Theatre waterfront
Lawrence Olivier as Hamlet by Conner
Laurence Olivier O.M., Actor, 1907 - 1989
Baron Olivier of Brighton, Founding Director of the National
Theatre, 1963 - 1973.
More than two hundred, mainly theatre and film people and
institutions, contributed to the Laurence Olivier Centenary Statue Appeal made
by his son Tarquin, who said -
"Larry was true. He was exciting, gloriously funny, and
is still part of what make life worth living, as is his creation the National
Theatre.