Laurence Olivier was one of the greatest actors in history, but also a difficult man who hated many of his co-stars with a ...

The question used to be: Can Shakespeare’s plays be made into successful movies? With his film production of Henry V (TIME, April 8, 1946), Sir Laurence Olivier settled that question once & for ...

It, too, would never have been possible without Laurence. “Before he did films of Shakespeare, it was seen as very artsy and for upper-class people only. He brought Shakespeare to the masses.” ...

10 Things I Hate About You, Romeo and Juliet, and The Lion King are all among the best movies from the work of William Shakespeare—all bangers.

1972's Antony and Cleopatra is a pretty tame and traditional take on the classic historical play. Charlton Heston plays Mark Antony and Hildegarde Neil, one of the great Shakespearian actresses of her ...

The movies have produced one of their rare great works of art. When Laurence Olivier’s magnificent screen production of Shakespeare’s Henry V was first disclosed to a group of Oxford’s ...

Article on collection of three Shakespeare films starring Laurence Olivier scheduled for release on DVD; films are Henry V, Hamlet and Richard III; photo (M) By Stephanie Zacharek Advertisement ...

Laurence Olivier’s spectacle-film, Henry V, is a sparkling armor-and-woolen-goods movie about a glorious English leader (Olivier), his smashing, upset victory over the French (who had too much ...

Dame Maggie Smith was one of the most versatile, accomplished and meticulous actresses of her generation, her repertoire ranging from Shakespeare to character parts in Harry Potter. She was a ...

Clive Revill, Voice of the Emperor in ‘The Empire Strikes Back,’ Dies at 94 Recruited to be an actor by Laurence Olivier, he was a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company, earned two Tony ...

Laurence Kerr Olivier, Baron Olivier, OM was an English actor and director who, along with his contemporaries Ralph Richardson, Peggy Ashcroft and John Gielgud, dominated the British stage of the ...

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.