Description: Laurence Olivier. CONFESSIONS OF AN ACTOR: AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1982. First American Edition. Signed simply “Olivier” (as was his wont later in life) by Sir Laurence on a bookplate loosely laid in. 8⅝″ x 5¾″, 348 pages including a Select Chronology, plus 24 pages displaying 137 photographs. Gilt-lettered brown cloth over cream boards. Hardcover book is unflawed and appears to be unread; the unclipped pictorial dj, likewise pristine, is conserved in a clear, archival quality cover. Seldom has any great figure of the theater written with such passion, affection, candor and wit about his public and private life. In performances on stage and screen, Sir Laurence Olivier was a star of the first rank. An advance reviewer hailed this book for its “startlingly frank revelations” (Publishers Weekly) –- particularly the details of the long, stormy love affair and marriage between Olivier and actress Vivien Leigh. With insight and humor, Olivier recounts the story of his glittering sixty-year career as an actor, a filmmaker, a director and producer. As Kirkus reported, his memoirs are filled with “an unabashed self-delight that remains undimmed. . . . No other classical actor has been such a dazzling star. No other star has been such a magnificent actor.”
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Binding: Hardcover
Language: English
Author: Laurence Olivier
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Topic: Autobiography
