The Real Life Of Laurence Olivier

About this book

Laurence Olivier was both an enchanter and a force of nature. In The Real Life of Laurence Olivier Roger Lewis goes beyond the magical illusions the actor created to tell the truth about the mans sexuality ambition revenges power preoccupations and achievements. Most of all Oliviers life and work become a love story the tale of the relationship with Vivien Leigh who was destroyed by the extent of her passion for him as he himself was cast into a frenzy of guilt and disillusion.