When Larry Met Joan (Original title)
Date: 03 November 2001 (Television)Country: United KingdomDirector: Nadia Haggar
Synopsis: Documentary following the courtship, wedding and subsequent married life of actress Joan Plowright and screen/stage legend Laurence Olivier following his divorce from Vivien Leigh. The programme looks at the couple's romance, Olivier's difficulties with the manic-depressive Leigh, their marriage in New York, and Plowright's helping of Olivier in establishing the National Theatre. The programme also follows Plowright as she visits London's Royal Court Theatre, where she first met Olivier when he went back stage, with then-wife Leigh, to congratulate her on a performance.
Genre: Biopic
Subjects: Olivier, Laurence (1907-1989), Leigh, Vivien (1913-1967), Relationships, Royal National Theatre, Royal Court
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TV Transmissions
Date: 03 November 2001Broadcast channel: BBC2Country: United KingdomTransmission time: 20:00-21:00Runtime: 59 mins Network - Language: English - Colour and Black and White - Sound - Stereo
Date: 03 November 2001 (Television)Country: United KingdomDirector: Nadia Haggar
Synopsis: Documentary following the courtship, wedding and subsequent married life of actress Joan Plowright and screen/stage legend Laurence Olivier following his divorce from Vivien Leigh. The programme looks at the couple's romance, Olivier's difficulties with the manic-depressive Leigh, their marriage in New York, and Plowright's helping of Olivier in establishing the National Theatre. The programme also follows Plowright as she visits London's Royal Court Theatre, where she first met Olivier when he went back stage, with then-wife Leigh, to congratulate her on a performance.
Genre: Biopic
Subjects: Olivier, Laurence (1907-1989), Leigh, Vivien (1913-1967), Relationships, Royal National Theatre, Royal Court
Series title:
TV Transmissions
Date: 03 November 2001Broadcast channel: BBC2Country: United KingdomTransmission time: 20:00-21:00Runtime: 59 mins Network - Language: English - Colour and Black and White - Sound - Stereo