Dark Star: A Biography of Vivien Leigh - by Alan Strachan - Audiobook Review

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Dark Star: A Biography of Vivien Leigh

Bloomsbury presents Dark Star by Alan Strachan, read by Alasdair Buchan.Winner of the Society for Theatre Research Book Prize 2020Vivien Leigh was perhaps the most iconic actress of the 20th 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. Read more

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