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Oliver St. Ives is a movie star who is gay but makes a name for himself playing heterosexual characters in thrillers. He loses a role when he comes out as openly gay but also gets a major magazine feature. He enlists Sally and Walter to help him get a new movie produced.
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Oliver St. Ives Character Timeline in The Hours
The timeline below shows where the character Oliver St. Ives appears in The Hours. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Chapter 8: Mrs. Dalloway
...and sees Sally in the hallway as she’s on her way out to lunch with Oliver St. Ives, a movie star they both know. Sally asks if Clarissa needs help with...
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Clarissa thinks about Oliver St. Ives, who used to pretend to be a heterosexual hero in thrillers but who...
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Chapter 16: Mrs. Dalloway
Oliver St. Ives offers Sally more coffee. His eager assistant pours her some. They’re talking about...
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Oliver describes how the film will be a conventional thriller with a gay man for the...
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