Vivien Leigh, Laurence Olivier, and the Romance of the Century Galloway, Stephen (Journalist) creator author. text bibliography Biographies. nyu 2022 First edition. monographic eng

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406 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm. 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. Stephen Galloway. Includes bibliographical references and index. 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 PN2598.O55 G35 2022 792.02/80922 B 9781538731970 2021046444 DLC 210928 20250304110733.0 eng