Vivien Leigh - Actress and Icon

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.

List of contents

Part I: Re-reading Vivien Leigh
1 Vivien Leigh, actress and icon: introduction - Kate Dorney and Maggie B. Gale
2 Public faces/private lives: performing Vivien Leigh - Kate Dorney
3 Making Vivien Leigh mad - Maggie B. Gale
Part II: The actress at work
4 An actress prepares - John Stokes
5 Film performance and Vivien Leigh: from starlet to Scarlett, and Blanche Dubois to Mrs Stone - Lucy Bolton
6 Vivien Leigh and her French collaborations: a rethinking of her art - Arnaud Duprat de Montero
Part III: Constructed identities
7 From the fans - Kendra Bean
8 Dressing the part: costume and character - Keith Lodwick
9 Leigh through the lens: photographic collaborators - Susanna Brown
10 'A living set': at home with Vivien Leigh - Hollie Price
Index

About the author

Maggie B. Gale is Professor and Chair in Drama at The University of Manchester

Maggie B. Gale is Senior Lecturer in Drama and Theatre Arts at the University of Birmingham

Product details

• Authors: Kate Dorney, Kate Gale Dorney
• Assisted by: Kate Dorney (Editor), Dorney Kate (Editor), Maggie B Gale (Editor), Maggie B. Gale (Editor), Gale Maggie B. (Editor)
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.11.2017
• EAN: 9781526125088
• ISBN: 978-1-5261-2508-8
• No. of pages: 264
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Photography, film, video, TV; PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / General, Individual actors & performers, Films, cinema, Theatre Studies, PERFORMING ARTS / Film / History & Criticism, Individual actors and performers, PERFORMING ARTS / Film / General