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Great performances: Laurence Olivier in The Entertainer by Michael Billington

In our new series, Michael Billington picks 10 theatrical performances that have etched themselves on his memory. The list begins with Olivier as John Osborne's Archie RiceEvery time I invoke the name of Olivier, which I do frequently, someone always counters with Marlon Brando. But while Brando was a superb screen actor, he never played Hamlet, Lear or Macbeth on stage, and it's not easy to imagine him as the third-…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:01AM on April 6, 2015

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