Laurence Olivier and Vivien Leigh fly to New York
- Made:
- 11 May 1946 in New York
- maker:
- Keystone Press Agency
Keystone Press Agency photograph titled The 'Old Vic' Company in New York. Caption on back reads: New York gave the Old Vic Company a tumultuous welcome, when Shakespeare's "King Henry IV, Part One," was performed. The play was held up repeatedly by long rounds of applause. Keystone photo shows: Lawrence Olivier [sic] and his wife Vivien Leigh, pictured asleep during the flight to New York in the four-engined Constellation 'plane, specially chatered to carry the forty-four members of the Old Vic Theatre Company.
Details
- Category:
- Photographs
- Collection:
- Daily Herald Archive
- Object Number:
- 1983-5236/30813
- Materials:
- paper (fibre product) and ink
- Measurements:
-
overall: 156 mm x 203 mm
- type:
- photograph
- credit:
- Daily Herald Archive, National Science and Media Museum, Bradford
