As Olivier later stated, "I am Archie Rice.

Its main character is Archie Rice, a failing music-hall performer.

Some are set in the Rice family's house, and others show Archie Rice on stage at the music hall.

Archie Rice has gone.

It was made into a film in 1960 starring Laurence Olivier in the title role of Archie Rice.

Osborne's The Entertainer (1957) secured his reputation, with Laurence Olivier playing the protagonist Archie Rice.

Any actor who plays Archie Rice has entered a competition with a ghost in which there is, perhaps, no chance of winning.

He looks like someone doing a heartfelt turn, at times as if he's auditioning for the part of Archie Rice in The Entertainer.

The role is a sort of older version of Olivier's Archie Rice, from The Entertainer (1960).

There is hope, however, for Bette in a way there never was for Osborne's Archie Rice.