Galloway, Stephen (Journalist),
Truly, Madly : Vivien Leigh, Laurence Olivier, and the Romance of the Century / Stephen Galloway. - First edition. - 406 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
A biography about the passionate, turbulent marriage of Laurence Olivier and Vivien Leigh. In 1934, a friend brought fledgling actress Vivien Leigh to see Theatre Royal, where she would first lay eyes on Laurence Olivier in his brilliant performance as Anthony Cavendish. That night, she confided to a friend, he was the man she was going to marry. There was just one problem: she was already married--and so was he. They seemed to have it all and yet, in their own minds, they were doomed, blighted by her long-undiagnosed mental-illness, which transformed their relationship from the stuff of dreams into a living nightmare.
9781538731970
2021046444
Leigh, Vivien, 1913-1967.
Leigh, Vivien, 1913-1967 --Marriage.
Olivier, Laurence, 1907-1989.
Olivier, Laurence, 1907-1989 --Marriage.
Actors--Great Britain--Biography.
Motion picture actors and actresses--Great Britain--Biography.
Biographies.
PN2598.O55 / G35 2022
792.02/80922 B
Truly, Madly : Vivien Leigh, Laurence Olivier, and the Romance of the Century / Stephen Galloway. - First edition. - 406 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
A biography about the passionate, turbulent marriage of Laurence Olivier and Vivien Leigh. In 1934, a friend brought fledgling actress Vivien Leigh to see Theatre Royal, where she would first lay eyes on Laurence Olivier in his brilliant performance as Anthony Cavendish. That night, she confided to a friend, he was the man she was going to marry. There was just one problem: she was already married--and so was he. They seemed to have it all and yet, in their own minds, they were doomed, blighted by her long-undiagnosed mental-illness, which transformed their relationship from the stuff of dreams into a living nightmare.
9781538731970
2021046444
Leigh, Vivien, 1913-1967.
Leigh, Vivien, 1913-1967 --Marriage.
Olivier, Laurence, 1907-1989.
Olivier, Laurence, 1907-1989 --Marriage.
Actors--Great Britain--Biography.
Motion picture actors and actresses--Great Britain--Biography.
Biographies.
PN2598.O55 / G35 2022
792.02/80922 B