The+Player+Kings

After reading "The Player Kings" post answers to the following:

1. What is the purpose of the first two paragraphs? 2. What were some of the similarities that Welles and Olivier shared? 3. What were the effects that they had on each other? 4. What did each man think about Shakespeare and why? 5. What is the //auteur theory//? Do Welles and Olivier qualify as //auteurs//? Explain. 6. How did the rivalry of Olivier and Welles make Shakespeare modern?