Yet she was also a talented theatre actress with West End and Broadway plaudits to her name. As Scarlett OHara and Blanche Du Bois she took on some of the most pivotal roles in cinema history. Revealing new aspects of her early life as well as providing glimpses behind-the-scenes of the filming of Gone with the Wind and A Streetcar Named Desire, this book provides the essential and comprehensive life-story of one of the twentieth century's greatest actresses. Winner of the Society for Theatre Research Book Prize 2020Vivien Leigh was perhaps the most iconic actress of the twentieth century. Sources from her archive, recently acquired by the V&A, he sheds new light on her fractious relationship with Laurence Olivier, based on their letters and diaries, as well as on the bipolar disorder which so affected her later life and work. To avoid disappointment, please ring 02 9262-7996 to talk to a staff member and order in-store. : Dark Star: A Biography of Vivien Leigh (9780755600571) by Strachan, Alan and a great selection of similar New, Used and Collectible Books.
In this ground-breaking new biography, Alan Strachan provides a completely new full-life portrait of Leigh, covering both her professional and personal life.
Book Review: Dark Star: The Biography of Vivien Leigh, by Alan Strachan (2020). As Scarlett O'Hara and Blanche Du Bois she took on some of the most pivotal roles in cinema history. Her research interests include early to Classical cinema, star studies.
Winner of the Society for Theatre Research Book Prize 2020 Vivien Leigh was perhaps the most iconic actress of the twentieth century.
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