Strachan's attention to detail is striking. “Strachan's meticulously researched, elegantly written volume is an eye-opener. “A gripping new biography.” - The Daily Mail “ life, lived to the full at every second, will never be better told than it is in these pages.” - The Sunday Times As an experienced man of the theatre, he suggests, qualifies and adds interesting views of his own.” - The Spectator “What makes this account of a familiar story outstanding is that Strachan wins the reader's trust. 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. 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. In this ground-breaking new biography, Alan Strachan provides a completely new full-life portrait of Leigh, covering both her professional and personal life. Yet she was also a talented theatre actress with West End and Broadway plaudits to her name. As Scarlett O’Hara and Blanche Du Bois she took on some of the most pivotal roles in cinema history. Vivien Leigh was perhaps the most iconic actress of the twentieth century. 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 2020

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. As Scarlett O'Hara and Blanche Du Bois she took on some of the most pivotal roles in cinema history. 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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