LAURENCE OLIVIER - TYPED LETTER SIGNED 06/23/1970 - HFSID 255617

LAURENCE OLIVIER. TLS: "Ever/Larry O', 1p, 5½x7. No place, 1970 June 23. On stationery imprinted with his name to Mr. Dale Olson. Begins: "My dear Dale," in his hand. In full: "It was so very good of you to send me such kind words of congratulation. I am immensely grateful. Thank you so much." Handwritten postscript: "(Just call me Oliver as usual)". The "kind words of congratulation" were for Olivier being made a peer in 1970. The actor, who was knighted in 1947 to become Sir Laurence Olivier, was now Lord Laurence Olivier. That year, he also co-directed (with John Sichel), the British film, The Three Sisters, which he had first produced for Britain's National Theatre in 1967. The play would win 1970-1971 Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Awards for Best Production, Best Actress (British actress Maggie Smith) and Best Designer (Joseph Svoboda). The film version was released to raise funds for the imperiled National Theatre. British actor Sir Laurence Olivier (1907-1989) was nominated for Academy Awards for Best Actor for Wuthering Heights (1939), Henry V (1946), Richard III (1956), The Entertainer (1960), Sleuth (1972) and The Boys from Brazil (1978), for Best Supporting Actor for Marathon Man (1976) and for Best Director for Hamlet, for which he won the 1948 Best Actor Oscar. Slightly creased. Light transference of type at lower blank margin. Fine condition.