Archive of theatre knight, famed for Ealing comedies, reveal Pooterish moments and brickbats for Sir LaurenceOn July 12 1989, one of the greatest actors of his generation was reflecting in his diary on the death of another. If Sir Alec Guinness's thoughtswords of praise for Sir Laurence Olivier were extracted, as theatre promoters routinely do with critics' write-ups, it could read as a rave review.The full text, revealed for the first time in the actor's personal archive just acquired by the British Library, tells a different story.

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