TV series
Laurence Olivier Presents
1976–1978 · 2 seasons
A series of intimate, dialogue-driven chamber plays that feel like watching great stage actors up close, demanding patience but rewarding with emotional precision.
- Created by
- Laurence Olivier
- Genres
- Drama
- Starring
- Helen Mirren, Natalie Wood, Robert Wagner
- Overview
- Laurence Olivier Presents is a British television series made by Granada Television which ran from 1976 to 1978. The plays, with the exception of Hindle Wakes, all starred Laurence Olivier. Some of the plays were based on productions staged at the National Theatre during the period when Olivier was Artistic Director. In addition to distinguished English actors, the casts assembled for these productions included several Hollywood stars, such as Natalie Wood, Robert Wagner, Joanne Woodward and Maureen Stapleton.
- How it feels
- Tense, melancholic, earnest and dark. Slow-burning and demanding.
- About
- Family, love, betrayal, class
- Content
- Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.
- Note
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- Created by
- Laurence Olivier
- Genres
- Drama
- Starring
- Helen Mirren, Natalie Wood, Robert Wagner
