 From All Saints , Olivier went on to St Edward 's School , Oxford , from 1920 to 1924 . He made little mark until his final year , when he played Puck in the school 's production of A Midsummer Night 's Dream ; his performance was a tour de force that won him popularity among his fellow pupils . In January 1924 , his brother left England to work in India as a rubber planter . Olivier missed him greatly and asked his father how soon he could follow . He recalled in his memoirs that his father replied , " Don 't be such a fool , you 're not going to India , you 're going on the stage . " 
 From All Saints , Olivier went on to St Edward <a href='null_genetive' title='1'><mark>'s</mark></a>School , Oxford , from 1920 to 1924 . He made little mark until his final year , when he played Puck in the school <a href='null_genetive' title='2'><mark>'s</mark></a>production of A Midsummer Night <a href='null_genetive' title='3'><mark>'s</mark></a>Dream ; his performance was a tour de force <a href='null_relcl' title='4'><mark>that</mark></a>won him popularity among his fellow pupils . In January 1924 , his brother left England to work in India as a rubber planter . Olivier missed him greatly and asked his father how soon he could follow . He recalled in his memoirs that his father replied , " Don 't be such a fool , you 're not going to India , you 're going on the stage . " 
From All Saints , Olivier went on to St Edward  School , Oxford , from 1920 to 1924 . He made lil mark until his final year , when he played Puck in the school  production of A Midsummer Night  Dream ; his performance was a tour de force won him popularity among his fellow pupils . In January 1924 , his brother left England to work in India as a rubber planter . Olivier missed him greatly and asked his father how soon he could follow . He recalled in his memoirs that his father replied , " Don 't b such a fool , you 're not goin to India , you 're ggoinon da stage . "