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Olivier, Laurence Kerr, 1907-1989 (Baron Olivier of Brighton, Actor)

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Dates

  • Existence: 1907 - 1989

Biography

Laurence Kerr Olivier (1907-1989) Baron Olivier, actor

Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:

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Caricatures Portfolio 5, c 1984-c 1996

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/3/1/2/1/3/5
Scope and Contents A portfolio containing caricature drawings, mostly on detail paper, produced by the Spitting Image Workshop, as part of their work for the British satirical television series, Spitting Image. The contents of this portfolio have been subdivided into the following three bundles: UK female entertainment; UK male entertainment; and UK male entertainment - music. Some of these drawings have been produced as part of other activities undertaken by Spitting Image...
Dates: c 1984-c 1996
Conditions Governing Access: From the Series: See sub-level descriptions for information on access conditions.
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Correspondents O, 1955

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8905/10/O
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

Hassall died intestate. His working papers were taken to the Royal Society of Literature by his assistant Gillian Paterson, who arranged and (presumably) listed them. They were bought by CUL from Bloomsbury Book Auctions in 1992. They were housed in paper box files 1 25 and cartons A D, as listed. They have now been re boxed, in 28 boxes and one packet, which has involved some reorganisation of the material and hence some rearrangement and re numbering of the original list.

Dates: 1955
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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File Bundle, 1987

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/3/3/8/4/1
Scope and Contents

A file containing material relating to the publication, Spitting Images. The following are present: a paperback copy of the British version of the book, published by Century Hutchinson Limited; a cover proof for the British version; a paperback copy of the American version of the book, published by Harcourt Brace Jovanovich; and contracts for Ben Elton and Heathcote Williams, as additional writers for the publication.

Dates: 1987
Conditions Governing Access: From the Sub-Fonds: See sub-level descriptions for information on access conditions.
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from Laurence Olivier, Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, 12 May 1955

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8905/10/O/1
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

Hassall died intestate. His working papers were taken to the Royal Society of Literature by his assistant Gillian Paterson, who arranged and (presumably) listed them. They were bought by CUL from Bloomsbury Book Auctions in 1992. They were housed in paper box files 1 25 and cartons A D, as listed. They have now been re boxed, in 28 boxes and one packet, which has involved some reorganisation of the material and hence some rearrangement and re numbering of the original list.

Dates: 12 May 1955
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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NBC Spitting Image Special Episodes, 1986 - 1987

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/3/4/8
Scope and Contents A box containing numerous plastic sleeves of 35mm photographic slides and 63mm transparencies, along with a small amount of photographs, which relate to the three Spitting Image special episodes made for the American television network, NBC: Down and Out in the White House, aired in the summer of 1986, and The Ronnie and Nancy Show and The 1987 Movie Awards, both aired in 1987. The...
Dates: 1986 - 1987
Conditions Governing Access: From the Sub-Fonds: See sub-level descriptions for information on access conditions.
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Small and Medium Transparencies, c early 1960s-c mid 1970s

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/1/2/3/2/1
Scope and Contents Three boxes containing 35mm and 62mm colour photographic transparencies and slides, along with a small amount of negatives and contact prints. The majority of these items feature images of Roger Law's plasticine model illustrations, used in various publications, from the late 1960s to the mid-1970s. However, there is also images relating to Law's and Peter Cook's Almost the End column in The Observer Weekend Review, c1962; a transparency...
Dates: c early 1960s-c mid 1970s
Conditions Governing Access: From the Sub-Sub-Fonds: See sub-level descriptions for any information on access restrictions or closures of material.
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Transparencies, 1987

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/3/4/6/4/1
Scope and Contents A box containing numerous plastic sleeves holding 63mm photographic transparencies and 35mm slides, along with a small amount of photographs and negatives, which feature images of puppet illustrations made for both the British and American versions of the Spitting Image Productions Limited merchandise publication, Spitting Images. These photographic images were produced by John Lawrence Jones. The sleeves are labelled with the following information: the...
Dates: 1987
Conditions Governing Access: From the Sub-Fonds: See sub-level descriptions for information on access conditions.