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Branagh V Olivier. (Letters).
SIR: It was a coincidence that you printed Neil McDonald's overenthusiastic account of Kenneth Branagh's Shakespeare films alongside R.J. Stove's review of Kenneth Tynan's diaries (April 2002). Before Tynan mined into the crashing bore described by Stove, he was one of the most brilliant drama critics of the twentieth century. Many times he paid tribute to Laurence Olivier's voice as the most heroic sound on the English stage. He wrote with bubbling admiration of "Olivier's wonderful guttural roar" of "Cry God for Harry, Engla-a-a-and and Saint George!" in Olivier's 1944 film of Henry V.
Therein lies a problem with Branagh's portrayal of Henry. His voice lacks the heroic ring and his rather chubby features preclude his being a convincing conqueror--however flimsy the English cause at ...
- Visions and revisions of Laurence Olivier in the Hamlet films of Franco...
- Magazine article from: Studies in the Humanities Sloboda, Noel December 1, 2000 700+ words
...Zeffirelli's and Branagh's mutual preoccupation with Laurence Olivier's "Hamlet...Unlike Zeffirelli, Branagh tries to avoid Olivier altogether, denying...greatly indebted to Olivier' s precedent. Indeed, Branagh's overzealous...
- The Shakespeare Collection: Branagh's Hamlet 2-Disc Special Edition,...
- Press release article from: Business Wire May 7, 2007 700+ words
...DVD debut of Kenneth's Branagh's Hamlet 2-Disc Special...s Dream, Sir Laurence Olivier's Othello, and the...actor/director Kenneth Branagh, Kate Winslet, Derek...decades after Laurence Olivier brought the Moorish general...
- "Take a soldier, take a king": the (in)separability of king and conflict in...
- Magazine article from: Literature-Film Quarterly Helmbold, Anita October 1, 2005 700+ words
...which both Lawrence Olivier and Kenneth Branagh crafted their cinematic...whether he perceived Olivier's achievement in the...intimidating factor, Branagh indicated that he found...changed so much that [Olivier's version] had becom
- A Son Less Than Kind: Iconography, Interpolation,and Masculinity in Branagh's...
- Magazine article from: Early Modern Literary Studies January 1, 2006 700+ words
...gt;. While Kenneth Branagh's 1989 film adaptation...cinematic heir to Laurence Olivier, the film also established...identity imagined by Branagh and scripted in his...precursors, Laurence Olivier and Franco Zeffirelli, Branagh assiduously distances...
- BRANAGH'S `FRANKENSTEIN' FOLLOWS SHELLEY'S VISION.(ACCENT)
- Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY) November 17, 1994 700+ words
...In this version, Branagh stars as the young medical...character.'' Obviously, Branagh, 33, is preparing himself...could tell you that Laurence Olivier made the definitive ``Henry V'' in 1945. Branagh was nominated for acting...
- Kenneth Branagh is ready for the criticism of 'Frankenstein'. (Originated from...
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service Koltnow, Barry November 4, 1994 700+ words
...In this version, Branagh stars as the young medical...character.'' Obviously, Branagh, 33, is preparing himself...could tell you that Laurence Olivier made the definitive ``Henry V'' in 1945. Branagh was nominated for acting...
- A Tortured Artist // Life Mirrors Shakespeare for Kenneth Branagh
- Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times CINDY PEARLMAN December 31, 1995 700+ words
...Ado About Nothing," this is Branagh's first crack at Iago...strong sense of himself," Branagh says. "Laurence Olivier once described Iago as the onion...someone abused him in some way," Branagh quips. 3. "I must be cruel...
- BRANAGH'S `HAMLET': TO BE 4 HOURS, OR NOT.(LIFE & LEISURE)
- Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY) October 16, 1996 700+ words
...audiences. Kenneth Branagh's is easily the...In 1948 Laurence Olivier's ran to two hours...the last century, Branagh's ``Hamlet...audiences will see Branagh and Winslett naked together. Olivier cut all of Fortinbras...