Bibliograph

Truly, madly, Vivien Leigh, Laurence Olivier and the romance of the century, Stephen Galloway

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Truly, madly, Vivien Leigh, Laurence Olivier and the romance of the century, Stephen Galloway

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 343-392) and index

resource.biographical

collective biography

Illustrations

illustrationsplates

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Truly, madly

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1269507088

Responsibility statement

Stephen Galloway

Sub title

Vivien Leigh, Laurence Olivier and the romance of the century

Summary

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, he was the man she was going to marry. There was just one problem: she was already married-and so was he. This is the story a marriage, a love affair that still captivates millions, even decades after both actors' deaths. The two seemed to have it all and yet, in their own minds, they were doomed, blighted by her long-undiagnosed mental illness that transformed their relationship from the stuff of dreams into a living nightmare

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