Final Tribute/последние почести
в сохранившемся свидетельстве церемонии прощания с Лоуренсом Оливье в Вестминстерском аббатстве подробно запротоколировано кто что нес ценного - понятно, что несли его награды на подушечках; макеты театров, в которых он играл (а Национальным - еще и руководил): его инсценировку Гамлета; что-то из реквизита (короны Лира и Ричарда III, лавровый венок/терновый венец Кориолана), и вот, в том числе, упоминается, что несли меч Эдмунда Кина, с которым он играл Ричарда III=подарок Оливье от Джона Гилгуда, который он подарил ему, когда Оливье тоже сыграл Ричарда III (а почему, кстати, он сам его не нес? видимо, решил не носиться с этим мечом как с писаной торбой - подарил и подарил, теперь это не его вещь). Но я это к тому - что вот это подарок - так подарок! Себе не оставил - другу подарил!
"October 20, 1989: A memorial service was held at Westminster Abbey. Joan Plowright and the three children of his last marriage were the chief mourners, along with Tarquin, Hester, and Olivier's first wife, Jill Esmond, in a wheelchair. Olivier's trophies were carried in a procession: Douglas Fairbanks Jr. carried the insignia of Olivier's Order of Merit, Michael Caine bore his Oscar for lifetime achievement, Maggie Smith - a silver model of the Chichester theatre, Paul Scofield - a silver model of the National theatre, Derek Jacobi - the crown worn in Richard III (1955), Peter O'Toole - the script used in Hamlet (1948), Ian McKellen - the laurel wreath worn in the stage production of "Coriolanus," Dorothy Tutin - the crown worn for King Lear (1983) (TV), and Frank Finlay - the sword presented to Olivier by John Gielgud, once worn by the 18-century actor Edmund Kean.
А потом они все - стихи читали, а в завершение - включили запись самого Оливье - его монолог из Генриха V.
Albert Finney read from Ecclesiastes: "To everything there is a season . . . A time to be born and a time to die". John Mills read from I Corinthians: "Though I speak with the tongues of men and angels . . . " Peggy Ashcroft read from John Milton's "Lycidas." Gielgud read "Death Be Not Proud" by John Donne. The climax of the service was Olivier's own taped voice echoing round the abbey as he delivered the St. Crispin's Day speech from Henry V (1944). Its quiet resolution was the choir singing "Fear no more the heat o' the sun" from "Cymbeline.".
"October 20, 1989: A memorial service was held at Westminster Abbey. Joan Plowright and the three children of his last marriage were the chief mourners, along with Tarquin, Hester, and Olivier's first wife, Jill Esmond, in a wheelchair. Olivier's trophies were carried in a procession: Douglas Fairbanks Jr. carried the insignia of Olivier's Order of Merit, Michael Caine bore his Oscar for lifetime achievement, Maggie Smith - a silver model of the Chichester theatre, Paul Scofield - a silver model of the National theatre, Derek Jacobi - the crown worn in Richard III (1955), Peter O'Toole - the script used in Hamlet (1948), Ian McKellen - the laurel wreath worn in the stage production of "Coriolanus," Dorothy Tutin - the crown worn for King Lear (1983) (TV), and Frank Finlay - the sword presented to Olivier by John Gielgud, once worn by the 18-century actor Edmund Kean.
А потом они все - стихи читали, а в завершение - включили запись самого Оливье - его монолог из Генриха V.
Albert Finney read from Ecclesiastes: "To everything there is a season . . . A time to be born and a time to die". John Mills read from I Corinthians: "Though I speak with the tongues of men and angels . . . " Peggy Ashcroft read from John Milton's "Lycidas." Gielgud read "Death Be Not Proud" by John Donne. The climax of the service was Olivier's own taped voice echoing round the abbey as he delivered the St. Crispin's Day speech from Henry V (1944). Its quiet resolution was the choir singing "Fear no more the heat o' the sun" from "Cymbeline.".