Editing Becket (section)

===Broadway===
The first Broadway production premiered on 5 October 1960 at the [[St. James Theatre]]. It was produced by [[David Merrick]] and directed by [[Peter Glenville]], and starred [[Laurence Olivier]] as Thomas Becket and [[Anthony Quinn]] as King Henry II. The production was nominated for five [[Tony Awards]] and won four, including [[Tony Award for Best Play|Best Play]]. The play later transferred to the [[Royale Theatre]] and then to the [[Hudson Theatre]]. It was wrongly believed that during the run Quinn and Olivier switched roles, with Quinn playing Becket to Olivier's King.  In fact, Quinn left the production to work on a film, and director Glenville suggested a road tour with Olivier as Henry.  Olivier happily acceded, and [[Arthur Kennedy (actor)|Arthur Kennedy]] took on the role of Becket, with Olivier playing Henry, both for the tour and a brief return to Broadway.<ref>{{cite magazine | author=Staff | title=Henry the Second | url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,874346,00.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090114104250/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,874346,00.html | url-status=dead | archive-date=January 14, 2009 | magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]] | date=7 April 1961 | access-date=2008-06-17}}</ref><ref>{{cite book | last=Spoto | first=Donald | title=Laurence Olivier: A Biography | location=New York | publisher=HarperCollins | year=1992 | pages=[https://archive.org/details/laurenceolivierb00spot/page/360 360–368] | isbn=0-06-018315-2 | url=https://archive.org/details/laurenceolivierb00spot/page/360 }}</ref>

However, according to [[John Cottrell (biographer)|John Cottrell]]'s biography of Laurence Olivier,<ref>John Cottrell: ''Laurence Olivier'', Prentice Hall, 1975</ref> Anthony Quinn was dismayed and angry when he read that Olivier was getting better reviews for his performance as Henry than Quinn had got, claiming that he would never have left the production if he had known that was going to happen. (After Olivier's death Quinn displayed extreme animosity towards the actor in his second autobiography.)<ref>Anthony Quinn: ''One Man Tango: An Autobiography'', HarperCollins, 1995</ref> Even so, it was Quinn who was nominated for a [[Tony Award]] for his performance, while Olivier was overlooked.