 In 1961, he directed Jean Anouilh's play "Becket" which starred Laurence Olivier as Thomas Becket and Anthony Quinn as Henry II.An erroneous story arose in later years that during the run, Quinn and Olivier switched roles and Quinn played Becket to Olivier's King.Critic Howard Taubman, in his book "The Making of the American Theatre", supports this story, as does a biographer of Laurence Olivier.