Vivien Leigh: Actress and Icon

This edited volume provides new readings of the life and career of iconic actress Vivien Leigh (1913-67). Written by experts in theatre and film studies and curators from the Victoria and Albert Museum, it uses newly accessible family archives to explore the intensely complex relationship between Leigh's approach to the craft of acting for stage and screen and how she shaped, developed and projected her public persona as one of the most talked...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1526125080
• ISBN13: 9781526125088
• Release Date: November 2017
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 1.14 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.6" x 9.3"