Olivier's stage roles in 1934 included Bothwell in Gordon Daviot's Queen of Scots, which was only a moderate success for him and for the play, but led to an important engagement for the same management (Bronson Albery) shortly afterwards. In the interim he had a great success playing a thinly disguised version of the American actor John Barrymore in George S. Kaufman and Edna Ferber's Theatre Royal. His success was vitiated by his breaking an ankle two months into the run, in one of the athletic, acrobatic stunts with which he liked to enliven his performances.
olivier's stage roles in 1934 included bothwell in gordon daviot's queen of scots which was only a moderate success for him and for the play but led to an important engagement for the same management (bronson albery) shortly afterwards in the interim he had a great success playing a thinly disguised version of the american actor john barrymore in george s kaufman and edna ferber's theatre royal his success was vitiated by his breaking an ankle two months into the run in one of the athletic acrobatic stunts with which he liked to enliven his performances