Long, Robert Emmet. The Films of Merchant Ivory. Harry N. Abrams, 1991.
44, 46
Vivien Leigh
Standard Name: Leigh, Vivien
Connections
| Connections Sort descending | Author name | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Friends, Associates | Ngaio Marsh | She had a wide circle of friends and contacts both in England and in New Zealand, where she knew everyone in the theatrical world. At her home in Christchurch she entertained visiting celebrities like, in... |
| Literary responses | Ruth Prawer Jhabvala | Unusually for a film by unknowns, this found a major Hollywood distributor; it made little profit, but sale of the distribution rights financed the collaborators' next venture. |
| Textual Production | Clemence Dane | After she finished this adaptation, G. B. Stern
introduced her to Max Beerbohm. At this meeting the idea of casting Ivor Novello
in The Happy Hypocrite first came up, suggested by Beerbohm's niece Viola Tree |
| Textual Production | F. Tennyson Jesse | FTJ
began this book while she was in Burma in the winters of 1922 and 1923. She completed it in a great burst after three years. Colenbrander, Joanna. A Portrait of Fryn. A. Deutsch, 1984. 164 |
Timeline
From December 1938
British actress Vivien Leigh
starred as Scarlett O'Hara in the film Gone With the Wind, based on the bestselling (and Pulitzer-Prize-winning) novel of the same name by Margaret Mitchell
, about the end of...
10 May 1951
Actress Vivien Leigh
and actor Laurence Olivier
began the season at St James's Theatre
, London, alternately playing Shaw
's Caesar and Cleopatra and Shakespeare
's Antony and Cleopatra.