1916
All Saints School, Marylebone
Brutus in Julius Caesar | by William Shakespeare
1922
All Saints Choir School Presentation–Stratford Memorial Theatre, Stratford-on-Avon
Katherine in The Taming of the Shrew | By William Shakespeare
1924
Century Theatre, London
Suliot Officer in Byron
* This was Larry’s professional theatre debut
1925
Brighton Hippodrome, Brighton
Played in The Ghost Train
St. Christopher Theatre, Letchworth
Lenox in Macbeth | by William Shakespeare
Century Theatre, London with the Lena Ashwell Players
Flavius in Julius Caesar | by William Shakespeare
Empire Theatre, London
In The Cenci
Regent Theatre, London
Thomas of Clarence and Snare in Henry IV | by William
1926
With the Birmingham Repertory Company
Minstrel in The Marvelous History of St. Bernard
In The Barber and The Cow
Richard Coaker in The Farmer’s Wife by Eden Phillpots
Guy Sidney in Something to Talk About
1927
Vanya in Uncle Vanya | by Anton Chekhov
Parolles in All’s Well that Ends Well | by William Shakespeare
Tony Lumpkin in She Stoops to Conquer | by Oliver Goldsmith
1928
With the Birmingham Rep.–Royal Court Theatre, London
Young Man in The Adding Machine | by Elmer Rice
Malcolm in Macbeth | by William Shakespeare
Harold in Harold | by Alfred Lord Tennyson
The Lord in The Taming of the Shrew | by William Shakespeare
Martellus in Back to Methuselah | by Bernard Shaw
Gerald Arnwood in Bird in Hand | by Drinkwater
Stanhope in Journey’s End | by R.C. Sherriff
1929
Her Majesty’s Theatre, London
Beau Geste in Beau Geste | by Basil Dean
New Theatre, London
Prince Pao in The Circle of Chalk
Lyric Theatre, London
Richard Parish in Paris Bound
Garrick Theatre, London
John Hardy in A Stranger Within
Eltinge Theatre, New York
Hugh Bromilow in Murder on the Second Floor | by Frank Vosper
* This was Larry’s American debut
Fortune Theatre, London
Jerry Warrender in The Last Enemy | by Frank harvey
Arts Theatre, London
Ralph in After All
1930
Phoenix Theatre, London
Victor Prynne in Private Lives | by Noel Coward
1931
Times Square Theatre, New York
Victor Prynne in Private Lives | by Noel Coward
1933
Playhouse Theatre, London
Stevan Beringer in The Rats of Norway | by Keith Winter
1934
Globe Theatre, London
Richard Kurt in Biography | by S.N. Behrman
New Theatre, London
Bothwell in Queen of Scots | by Gordon Daviot
Lyric Theatre, London
Tony Cavendish in Theatre Royal | by Edna Ferber and S. Kaufman
1935
Shaftesbury Theatre, London
Peter Hammond in The Ringmaster | by Keith Winter
Whitehall Theatre, London
Richard Harben in The Golden Arrow | by Sylvia Thompson and Victor Cunard
New Theatre, London
Romeo and Mercutio (exchanging roles with John Gielgud) in Romeo and Juliet | by William Shakespeare
1936
Lyric Theatre, London
Bob Patch in Bees on the Boatdeck | by J.B. Priestly
1937
With The Old Vic Company
Hamlet in Hamlet | by William Shakespeare
Sir Toby Belch in Twelfth Night | by William Shakespeare
Henry V in Henry V | by William Shakespeare
Macbeth in Macbeth | by William Shakespeare
Kronborg Castle, Elsinore, Denmark
Hamlet in Hamlet | by William Shakespeare with Vivien Leigh as Ophelia
1938
With The Old Vic Company
Iago in Othello | by William Shakespeare
Vivaldi in King of Nowhere | by James Bridie
Coriolanus in Coriolanus | by William Shakespeare
1939
Ethel Barrymore Theatre, New York
Gaylord Eastbrook in No Time for Comedy | by S.N. Behrman
1940
San Francisco, Chicago and New York
Romeo Montague in Romeo and Juliet | by William Shakespeare
1944
With the Old Vic Company (appointed co-director)
New Theatre, London
Sergius in Arms and the Man | by Bernard Shaw
Button Moulder in Peer Gynt | by Henrick Ibsen
Richard III in Richard III | by William Shakespeare
1945
Phoenix Theatre, London
Directed Vivien Leigh in The Skin of Our Teeth | by Thornton Wilder
New Theatre, London
Arstov in Uncle Vanya | by William Shakespeare
Justice Shallow in Henry IV, Part 2 | by William Shakespeare
Oedipus in Oedipus | by Sophocles
Mr. Puff in The Critic | by Richard Sheridan
On tour with ENSA in Belgium, Holland, Germany and France
Arms and the Man, Peer Gynt, Richard III
1946
With The Old Vic
Century Theatre, New York
Henry IV Parts I and II, Oedipus, The Critic, Uncle Vanya
New Theatre, London
King Lear in King Lear | by William Shakespeare
1947
Garrick Theatre, London
Presented and directed Born Yesterday | by Garson Kanin
1948
With the Old Vic, Australia
Sir Peter Teazle in The School for Scandal | by Richard Sheridan
Also directed
Mr. Antrobus in The Skin of Our Teeth | by Thornton Wilder
Also directed
Richard in Richard III | by William Shakespeare
1949
Old Vic Season, New Theatre, London
Sir Peter Teazle in The School for Scandal | by Thornton Wilder
Chorus in Antigone | Adapted by Jean Anouilh from the Sophocles play
Also directed
Directed The Proposal | by Anton Chekhov
Richard III in Richard III | by William Shakespeare
Aldwych Theatre, London
Directed Vivien Leigh in A Streetcar Named Desire | by Tennessee Williams
1950
Actor-Manager at St James’s Theatre, London
The Duke of Altaire in Venus Observed | by Christopher Fry
Also Directed
1951
London and the Ziegfeld Theatre, New York
Julius Caesar in Caesar and Cleopatra | by Bernard Shaw
Marc Antony in Antony and Cleopatra | by William Shakespeare
1952
New Century Theatre, New York
Directed Venus Observed | by Christopher Fry
1953
London
The Grand Duke of Carpathia in The Sleeping Prince | by Terence Rattigan
Also Directed
1955
Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-on-Avon
Malvolio in Twelfth Night | by William Shakespeare
Macbeth in Macbeth | by William Shakespeare
Titus Andronicus in Titus Andronicus | by William Shakespeare
1957
Royal Court Theatre, London
Archie Rice in The Entertainer | by John Osborne
* Rumor has it that Osborne wrote this play with Olivier in mind for the part of Archie. Larry said later that Archie was the character that he most identified with.
On tour in Paris, Venice, Belgrade, Zagreb,Vienna, Warsaw and London
Titus Andronicus in Titus Andronicus | by William Shakespeare
Palace Theatre, London
Archie Rice in The Entertainer | by John Osborne
1958
Royal Theatre, New York
Archie Rice in The Entertainer | by John Osborne
1959
Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Startford-on-Avon
Coriolanus in Coriolanus | by William Shakespeare
1960
Royal Court Theatre, London
Berenger in Rhinocerous | by Eugene Ionesco
St. James Theatre, New York
Becket in Becket | by Jean Anouilh
Helen Hayes Theatre, New York
Directed The Tumbler | by Benn W. Levy
1961
Hudson Theatre, New York
Toured as Henry II in Becket
1962
Director of the Chichester Festival Theatre
The Chances | by John Fletcher
Prologue and Bassanes in The Broken Heart | by John Ford
Also Directed
Astrov in Uncle Vanya | by Anton Chekhov
Saville Theatre, London
Fred Midway in Semi-Detached | by David Turner
1963
The Old Vic, director of the National Theatre
Directed Peter O’Toole in Hamlet | by William Shakespeare
Astrov in Uncle Vanya | by Anton Checkhov
Captain Brazen in The Recruiting Officer | by Farquhar
1964
Othello in Othello | by William Shakespeare
Solness in The Master and the Builder | by Henrik Ibsen
1965
Directed The Crucible | by Arthur Miller
Tattle in Love for Love | by William Congreve
National Theatre Tour, Berlin and Moscow
Othello in Othello | by William Shakespeare
The Old Vic
Tattle in Love for Love | by William Congreve
1966
Directed Juno and the Paycock | by Sean O’Casey
1967
Edgar in The Dance of Death | by August Strindberg
National Theatre Company Tour, Canada (including he O’Keefe Center in Toronto)
Plucheux in A Flea in Her Ear | by Georges Faydeau
1968
Directed Love’s Labour’s Lost | by William Shakespeare
Co-directed with Donald MacKechnie
The Advertisement | by Natalia Ginsburg
1970
Shylock in The Merchant of Venice | by William Shakespeare
1971
New Theatre, London
Directed Amphitryon 38 | by Jean Giraudoux
New Theatre, London
James Tyrone in Long Day’s Journey Into Night | by Eugene O’Neill
1972
The Old Vic, London
James Tyrone in Long Day’s Journey Into Night | by Eugene O’Neill
1973
The Old Vic, London
Antonio in Saturday, Sunday, Monday | by Eduardo de Filippo
The Old Vic, London
John Tagg in The Party | by Trevor Griffiths
1974
Directed Eden End | by J. B. Priestley
1980
New York
Directed Filumena | by Eduardo de Filippo