Table of Contents
List of Illustrations xi
1 Beginnings 3
2 Apprentice Days 19
3 Breakthrough 35
4 Birth of a Classical Actor 49
5 Film Star 65
6 War 79
7 Naval Officer 91
8 The Old Vic 107
9 Hamlet 127
10 Australasia 139
11 Life Without the Old Vic 155
12 Disintegration of a Marriage 169
13 Stratford 187
14 L.O.P. 201
15 Marking Time 219
16 Chichester 231
17 The National: Act One 251
18 The National: Act Two 267
19 The National: Act Three 277
20 Problems 299
21 Challenges 317
22 Who Will Take Over? 335
23 The Coming of Hall 349
24 Olivier's Occupation Gone? 367
25 Old Age 383
26 Death 401
Biographer's Afterword 413
Note on Sources 417
Notes 419
Acknowledgments 453
Index 457
Picture Credits 469