 On stage , Olivier and Leigh starred in Romeo and Juliet on Broadway . It was an extravagant production , but a commercial failure . In The New York Times Brooks Atkinson praised the scenery but not the acting : " Although Miss Leigh and Mr Olivier are handsome young people they hardly act their parts at all . " The couple had invested almost all their savings in the project , and its failure was a grave financial blow . They were married in August 1940 , at the San Ysidro Ranch in Santa Barbara . 
 On stage , Olivier and Leigh starred in Romeo and Juliet on Broadway . It was an extravagant production , but a commercial failure . In The New York Times Brooks Atkinson praised the scenery but not the acting : " Although Miss Leigh and Mr Olivier <a href='drop_aux' title='1'><mark>are</mark></a>handsome young people they hardly act their parts at all . " The couple <a href='been_done' title='2'><mark>had</mark></a> invested almost all their savings in the project , and its failure was a grave financial blow . They <a href='uninflect' title='3'><mark>were</mark></a> married in August 1940 , at the San Ysidro Ranch in Santa Barbara . 
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