A Boat Against the Current

A cultural "omniblog" covering matters literary as well as theatrical, musical, historical, cinematic(al), etc.

Showing posts with label Laurence Olivier. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Laurence Olivier. Show all posts
Tuesday, December 19, 2023

This Day in Literary History (‘Wuthering Heights’ Author Emily Bronte Dies of TB)

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Dec. 19, 1848— Only a year after the publication of Wuthering Heights, the single novel that assured her literary immortality, Emily Bronte ...
Thursday, January 12, 2017

Quote of the Day (Livy, on an Earlier Great Power’s ‘Process of …Moral Decline’)

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“I invite the reader's attention to...the process of our moral decline, to watch, first, the sinking of the foundations of morality...
Tuesday, November 5, 2013

Quote of the Day (Laurence Olivier, on Vivien Leigh)

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“I started to rehearse Streetcar on 29 August 1949. I think I can say that I was helpful to Vivien’s performance of Blanche; I hit on ...
Sunday, August 28, 2011

Flashback, August 1956: “Prince” Party Marks Apex of Olivier, Rattigan

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Terence Rattigan loved the good life, and he proceeded to celebrate it again with a grand soiree at his country estate in Sunnydale, Englan...
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