Vivien Leigh - by Kate Dorney & Maggie B Gale (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>A collection of essays on the legendary actress that uses archival sources in the US and UK to re-examine her attitude to acting and the public perception of her work.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p>This edited volume provides new readings of the life and career of iconic actress Vivien Leigh (1913-67), written by experts from theatre and film studies and curators from the Victoria & Albert Museum, London. The collection uses newly accessible family archives to explore the intensely complex relationship between Vivien 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 about and photographed actresses of her era.</p><p>With key contributors from the UK, France and the US, chapters range from analyses of her work on stage and screen to her collaborations with designers and photographers, an analysis of her fan base, her interior designs and the 'public ownership' of Leigh's celebrity status during her lifetime and beyond.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> From the Back Cover </b></p></br></br>This edited volume provides new readings of the life and career of iconic actress Vivien Leigh (1913-67) written by experts from theatre and film studies and curators from the Victoria & Albert Museum, London. The chapters make extensive use of a range of archival sources in the US and UK, as well as repositioning scholarship on Leigh, as a means of re-examining the public perception and reception of her work. A number of the chapters explore, in different ways, the intensely complex relationship between Vivien 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 about and photographed actresses of her era. With key contributors from the UK, France and the US, this is the first collection which re-positions Leigh's career beyond her marriage to Laurence Olivier and her two Oscar-winning performances in <i>Gone With The Wind</i> and <i>A Streetcar Named Desire</i>. Chapters range from analyses of her work on stage and screen, to her collaborations with designers and photographers, an analysis of her fan base, her interior designs and the 'public ownership' of Leigh's celebrity status during her lifetime and beyond.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>'In an important work of feminist cultural histography, the essays displace earlier approaches to Leigh that see her work as secondary to her personal life and her husband Laurence Olivier's supposedly superior talent. Insightful chapters explore the relationship between Leigh's public and private personas, her preparatory work, performances and collaborations with French directors.' Maria Delgado, Times Higher Education 'What are you reading?' February 2018 'The eclectic range of writers each brings their own expertise, thus making a unique contribution to advancing academic discourses on Leigh, as well as in several other important areas of study.' The Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television '...this volume offers an excellent model for re-thinking how we might push past ways of looking at actresses that privilege uncomplicated ideas about women, performance, and celebrity. Leigh did not write an autobiography.' Tulsa Studies in Women's Literature<br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><br>Kate Dorney is Senior Lecturer in Theatre & Performance at the University of Manchester<br>Maggie B. Gale is Professor of Drama at The University of Manchester<br>
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