 Olivier received another BAFTA nomination for his supporting role in 1959 's The Devil 's <unk> . The same year , after a gap of two decades , Olivier returned to the role of Coriolanus , in a Stratford production directed by the 28 @-@ year @-@ old Peter Hall . Olivier 's performance received strong praise from the critics for its fierce <unk> combined with an emotional vulnerability . In 1960 he made his second appearance for the Royal Court company in <unk> 's <unk> play <unk> . The production was chiefly remarkable for the star 's quarrels with the director , Orson Welles , who according to the biographer Francis <unk> suffered the " appalling treatment " that Olivier had inflicted on Gielgud at Stratford five years earlier . Olivier again ignored his director and undermined his authority . In 1960 and 1961 Olivier appeared in Anouilh 's <unk> on Broadway , first in the title role , with Anthony Quinn as the king , and later exchanging roles with his co @-@ star . 
