Alan Strachan

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A Biography of Vivien Leigh

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Produktbeschreibung

Winner of the Society for Theatre Research Book Prize 2020

Vivien Leigh was perhaps the most iconic actress of the twentieth century. As Scarlett O'Hara and Blanche Du Bois she took on some of the most pivotal roles in cinema history. Yet she was also a talented theatre actress with West End and Broadway plaudits to her name. In this ground-breaking new biography, Alan Strachan provides a completely new full-life portrait of Leigh, covering both her professional and personal life. Using previously unseen
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. 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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury UK
• Seitenzahl: 376
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. Oktober 2018
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781786724564
• Artikelnr.: 55044105

Autorenporträt

Alan Strachan is a theatre director and author of dramatic criticism.

Inhaltsangabe

List of PlatesAcknowledgementsPrologue1. A Child of the Raj2. Hours Nearer Death3. Young Wife and Mother4. Enter Olivier5. Altered States6. Printing a Legend7. Star-Crossed8. Wartime Dramas9. From Sabina to Anna10. Down Under11. The Kindness of Strangers12. Two on the Nile13. Crack-Up14. Avonside15. At Court16. Ending A Legend17. Worlds Elsewhere18. Last ActsEpilogueAppendix Facts/"False Facts"Notes on SourcesSelect BibliographyIndex

Rezensionen

What makes this account of a familiar story outstanding is that Strachan wins the reader’s trust ... As an experienced man of the theatre, he suggests, qualifies and adds interesting views of his own.