THE SKIN OF OUR TEETH by Thornton Wilder
Revival opened at the Piccadilly Theatre, London, September 11, 1946
Directed by Laurence Olivier
CAST: Vivien Leigh (Sabina), George Devine (Mr. Antrobus), Esther Somers (Mrs. Antrobus)
Australian and New Zealand tour of the Old Vic Company
Departure February 14, 1948; return November 1, 1948
RICHARD III: Vivien Leigh (Lady Anne), Laurence Olivier (King Richard)
THE SCHOOL FOR SCANDAL: Vivien Leigh (Lady Teazle), Laurence Olivier (Sir Peter)
THE SKIN OF OUR TEETH: Vivien Leigh (Sabina), Laurence Olivier (Mr. Antrobus)
Old Vic Repertory Season 1949
At the New Theatre, London
Directed by Laurence Olivier
RICHARD III (opened January 26)
CAST: Vivien Leigh (Lady Anne), Laurence Olivier (King Richard), Mercia Swinburne, George Relph, Terence Morgan, Peter Cushing, Peggy Simpson, Derrick Penley, and Dan Cunningham
ANTIGONE (opened February 10)
CAST: Vivien Leigh (Antigone), Laurence Olivier (Chorus), George Relph (Creon), Terence Morgan, Dan Cunningham, Mercia Swinburne
A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE by Tennessee Williams
Opened at the Aldwych Theatre, London, October 11, 1949
Directed by Laurence Olivier
CAST: Vivien Leigh (Blanche DuBois), Bonar Colleano (Stanley Kowalski), Renée Asherson (Stella Kowalski), Bernard Braden (Mitch), Theodore Bikel (Pablo Gonzalez)
CAESAR AND CLEOPATRA by George Bernard Shaw
Opened at the St. James’s Theatre, London, May 10, 1951
Directed by Michael Benthall
Sets by Roger Furse, costumes by Audrey Cruddas
CAST: Vivien Leigh (Cleopatra), Laurence Olivier (Caesar)
ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA by Shakespeare
Opened at the St. James’s Theatre, London, May 11, 1951
Directed by Michael Benthall
Sets by Roger Furse, costumes by Audrey Cruddas
CAST: Vivien Leigh (Cleopatra), Laurence Olivier (Antony)
(The two plays alternated nightly)
CAESAR AND CLEOPATRA by George Bernard Shaw
Opened at the Ziegfeld Theatre, New York, December 19, 1951
Presented by Gilbert Miller
Directed by Michael Benthall
Sets by Roger Furse, costumes by Audrey Cruddas
CAST: Vivien Leigh (Cleopatra), Laurence Olivier (Caesar), Robert Helpmann (Apollodorus), Wilfrid Hyde White (Britannus), Harry Andrews (Lucius Septimius), Pat Nye (Ftatateeta), Niall MacGinnis (Rufio)
ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA by Shakespeare
Opened at the Ziegfeld Theatre, New York, December 20, 1951
Presented by Gilbert Miller
Directed by Michael Benthall
Sets by Roger Furse, costumes by Audrey Cruddas
CAST: Vivien Leigh (Cleopatra), Laurence Olivier (Antony), Donald Pleasence (Lemprius Euphronius), Harry Andrews (Enobarbus), Mairhi Russell (Iras), Robert Helpmann (Octavius Caesar), Wilfrid Hyde White (Lepidus), Niall MacGinnis (Pompey), Edmund Purdom (Thydeus), Katharine Blake (Charmian)
THE SLEEPING PRINCE by Terence Rattigan
Opened at the Phoenix Theatre, London, November 5, 1953
Directed by Laurence Olivier
CAST: Vivien Leigh (Mary Morgan), Laurence Olivier (the Prince), Martita Hunt (the Grand Duchess), Jeremy Spenser (the King), Richard Wattis (Peter Northbrook)
TWELFTH NIGHT by Shakespeare
Opened at Stratford-upon-Avon, April 12, 1955
Directed by John Gielgud
CAST: Vivien Leigh (Viola), Laurence Olivier (Malvolio), Keith Michell (Orsino), Mervyn Blake (Sea Captain), Alan Webb (Sir Toby Belch), Angela Baddeley (Maria), Michael Denison (Sir Andrew Aguecheek), Edward Atienza (Feste), Maxine Audley (Olivia), Lee Montague (Fabian), William Devlin (Antonio), Trader Faulkner (Sebastian)
Scenery and costumes by Malcolm Pride
MACBETH by William Shakespeare
Opened at Stratford-upon-Avon, June 7, 1955
Directed by Glen Byam Shaw
TITUS ANDRONICUS, attributed to Shakespeare
Opened at Stratford on Avon, August 16, 1955
Directed by Peter Brook (who also designed the sets and composed the incidental music)
CAST: Vivien Leigh (Lavinia), Laurence Olivier (Titus Andronicus), Maxine Audley (Tamora), Frank Thring (Saturninus), Anthony Quayle (Aaron), Alan Webb (Marcus Andronicus), Michael Denison (Lucius), Kevin Miles (Chiron), Ralph Michael (Bassianus), Lee Montague (Demetrius)
(The above three plays were performed in repertory by the Old Vic Company for the Stratford Festival)
SOUTH SEA BUBBLE by Noël Coward
Opened at the Lyric Theatre, London, April 25, 1956
Directed by William Chappell
CAST: Vivien Leigh (Lady Alexandra Shotter), Ian Hunter (Sir George Shotter), Arthur Macrae (John Blair Kennedy), John Moore (Edward Honey), Joyce Carey (Cuckoo Honey), Alan Webb (Punalo), Peter Barkworth (Captain Christopher Mortlock A.D.C.), Nicholas Grimshaw (Admiral Turling), Eric Phillips (Robert Frome), Ronald Lewis (Hali Alani)
TITUS ANDRONICUS, attributed to Shakespeare
Opened at Stoll Theatre, London, July 1, 1957, after a tour of Paris, Venice, Vienna, Belgrade, Zagreb, and Warsaw beginning May 6, 1957
Presented by the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre Company
Directed by Peter Brook
CAST: Vivien Leigh (Lavinia), Laurence Olivier (Titus Andronicus), Anthony Quayle (Aaron), Maxine Audley, (Tamora), Alan Webb (Marcus Andronicus), William Devlin, Basil Hoskins, Paul Hardwick, and Rosalind Atkinson
DUEL OF ANGELS by Jean Giraudoux (Pour Lucrece), translated by Christopher Fry
Opened at the Apollo Theatre, London, on April 24, 1958
Directed by Jean-Louis Barrault
CAST: Vivien Leigh (Paola), Claire Bloom (Lucile), Derek Nimmo (Joseph), Peter Wyngarde (Marcellus), Fiona Duncan (Gilly), Basil Hoskins (Armand), Pauline Jameson (Eugénie), Freda Jackson (Barbette), Robin Bailey (Mr. Justice Blanchard), Lawrence Davidson (Clerk of the Court) (Miss Bloom was replaced later by Ann Todd and then Mary Ure)
LOOK AFTER LULU by Noël Coward, adapted from Occupe-toi d’Amelie by Georges Feydeau
Opened at the Royal Court Theatre, July 29, 1959; transferred to the New Theatre, September 8, 1959
Directed by Noël Coward
CAST: Vivien Leigh (Lulu d’Arville), Anthony Quayle, Richard Goolden, Michael Bates, Meriel Forbes, George Devine, Max Adrian, and Robert Stephens
DUEL OF ANGELS by Jean Giraudoux (Pour Lucrece), translated by Christopher Fry
Opened at the Helen Hayes Theatre, New York, April 19, 1960
Presented by Roger L. Stevens and Sol Hurok
Directed by Robert Helpmann
CAST: Vivien Leigh (Paola), James Valentine (Joseph), Peter Wyngarde (Marcellus), Aina Niemela (Gilly), John Merivale (Armand), Mary Ure (Lucile), Ludi Claire (Eugénie), Felix Deebank (Mace Bearer), Margaret Braidwood (Barbette), Ken Edward Ruta (Servant), Alan MacNaughtan (Mr. Justice Blanchard), Donald Moffat (Clerk of the Court), Theodore Tenley (Servant)
Old Vic Overseas Tour, July 12,1961, to May 16,1962
TWELFTH NIGHT, directed by Robert Helpmann, designed by Loudon Sainthill
DUEL OF ANGELS, directed by Robert Helpmann, designed by Felix Kelly
THE LADY OF THE CAMELLIAS, directed by Robert Helpmann, designed by Carl Toms
(The three plays were performed in repert
ory. Vivien Leigh portrayed Viola in Twelfth Night, Paola in Duel of Angels, and Marguerite Gauthier in The Lady of the Camellias)
Schedule of Australian tour:
July 12 to August 26, Her Majesty’s Theatre, Melbourne
August 28 to September 16, Her Majesty’s Theatre, Brisbane
September 28 to December 9, Theatre Royal, Sydney
December 11 to December 30, Theatre Royal, Adelaide
January 1 to January 13, 1962, Her Majesty’s Theatre, Perth
January 24 to February 10, Opera House, Wellington
February 12 to February 24, Theatre Royal, Christchurch
February 26 to March 17, Her Majesty’s Theatre, Auckland
Schedule of Latin American tour, which included only Twelfth Night and The Lady of the Camellias:
March 29 to April 3, Mexico City, Mexico
April 6 to April 9, Caracas, Venezuela
April 12 to April 13, Lima, Peru
April 17 to April 18, Santiago, Chile
April 23 to April 29, Buenos Aires, Argentina
May 2 to May 4, Montevideo, Uruguay
May 7 to May 9, Sao Paulo, Brazil
May 11 to May 16, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
TOVARICH, a musical based on the play by Jacques Deval and Robert E. Sherwood, book by David Shaw, lyrics by Anne Crosswell, music by Lee Pockriss
Opened at the Broadway Theatre, New York, March 18, 1963
Presented by Abel Farbman and Sylvia Harris
Directed by Peter Glenville
CAST: Vivien Leigh (Tatiana), Jean Pierre Aumont (Mikail), George S. Irving (Charles Davis), Louise Kirtland (Grace Davis), Byron Mitchell (George Davis), Margery Gray (Helen Davis), Alexander Scourby (Gorotchenko), Paul Michael (Vassily), Michael Kermoyan (Admiral Boris Soukhomine), Gene Varrone (Count Ivan Shamforoff), Katia Geleznova (Baroness Roumel), Rita Metzger (Marina), Don McHenry (M. Chauffourier-Dubieff), Louise Troy (Natalia), Maggie Task (Louise), Tom Abbott (Ballet Master), Barbara Monte (Nadia), Pat Kelly (Mme Van Hemert), Eleonore Treiber (Mme Van Steuben), Bettye Jenkins (Kukla Katusha), William Reilly (Ivan), Larry Roquemore (Sergei), Harald Horn (Baron General Rasumov), Michele Franchi (Baroness Rasumov), Antony De Vecchi (Prince Dobrynin), Marion Fels (Princess Dobrynin), Dale Ma-lone (General Boruvsky), Joan Trona (Lady Soukhomine), Will Parkins (Count Rostoff), Lorenzo Bianco (Essaul), .Charlene Mehl (Elena), William Glassman (Igor)
Musical numbers staged by Herbert Ross
Production designed by Rolf Gerard
Costumes by Motley
LA CONTESSA by Paul Osborn, adapted from the novel The Film of Memory by Maurice Druon
Closed out of town; previews at Newcastle, April 6, 1965; Liverpool, April 19, 1965; Manchester, May 4, 1965
Presented by H. M. Tennent Ltd. and Leland Hay ward and Flerts Productions Ltd.
Directed by Robert Helpmann
Settings by Desmond Heeley, costumes by Beatrice Dawson
CAST: Vivien Leigh (Contessa Sanziani), David Knight (Peter Somers), Joseph Furst (Vittorio Vicaria), Stanley Lloyd (Walter), Gerald Cross (Pavelli), Bruce Montague (Clerk), Nicola Paget (Carmela), Anna Middleton (Valentina), John Gay (Revato), John Gill (Do Wolf), Percy Marmont (Count Sanziani)
IVANOV by Anton Chekhov, adapted by John Gielgud
Opened (after tour of United States and Canada) at the Shubert Theatre, New York, May 3, 1966
Directed by John Gielgud
CAST: Vivien Leigh (Anna Petrovna), John Gielgud (Ivanov), Ronald Radd (Mikhail), Edward Atienza (Count Shabelsky), John Merivale (Dr. Ivov), Paula Laurence (Zinaida Savishna), Helen Christie (Marfa Babakina), Dillon Evans (Kossykh), Ethel Griffies (Avdotya Nazarovna), Roland Culver (Pavel Lebedev), Jennifer Hilary (Sasha), Guy Spaull (Butler), Anna Minot (Maid), Michael Miller (Pyotr)
RADIO APPEARANCES
(U.S.A.)
A British Tribute to King George and Queen Mary, NBC, February 1939 (Vivien Leigh read “A Woman’s Last Word” by Elizabeth Barrett Browning)
(U.K.)
April 8, 1941 For Us the Living
May 11, 1941 My Life in the Theatre
May 8, 1942 School for Scandal
December 27, 1942 School for Scandal
February 10, 1944 Sunday Night Poetry Reading
September 2, 1952 Desert Island Discs
May 5, 1956 Theatre (Italian exchange program)
August 8, 1956 A Message to India
April 28, 1957 Interview
July 31, 1957 Interview
August 20, 1957 Antony and Cleopatra
September 24, 1957 Woman s Hour: Conversation in Ebony Street
May 8, 1958 Toast of the Town
June 6, 1966 What Makes an Actor?
(All of the above were done for the B.B.C.)
TELEVISION APPEARANCES
Several excerpts from plays that Vivien Leigh appeared in were shown on television.
FILM CHRONOLOGY
THINGS ARE LOOKING UP, Gaumont British
Opened in London, February 25, 1935
Produced by Michael Balcon
Directed by Albert de Courville
Screenplay by Stafford Dickens and Con West
CAST: Vivian Leigh (small role as schoolgirl), Cicely Courtneidge, Henrietta Watson, Dick Henderson, Jr., Suzanne Lenglen
THE VILLAGE SQUIRE, Paramount British
Opened in London, April 1935
Produced by Anthony Havelock-Allen
Directed by Reginald Denham
Screenplay by Arthur Jarvis Black
CAST: Vivian Leigh (Rose Venables), Leslie Perrins, David Home
GENTLEMAN’S AGREEMENT, Paramount British
Opened in London, June 1935
Produced by Anthony Havelock-Allen
Directed by George Pearson
Screenplay by Jennifer Howard
CAST: Vivian Leigh (Phil Stanley), Frederick Peisley, Antony Holies, David Home, Ronald Shiner
LOOK UP AND LAUGH, Associated British Film Distributors
Opened in London, August 4, 1935
Produced and directed by Basil Dean
Screenplay by J. B. Priestley
CAST: Vivian Leigh (Marjorie Belfer), Gracie Fields, Robb Wilton, Kenneth More, Douglas Wakefield, Billy Nelson, Harry Tate
FIRE OVER ENGLAND, London Films
Opened in London, February 25, 1937; New York, March 4, 1937
Executive producer, Alexander Korda
Produced by Erich Pommer
Directed by William K. Howard
Screenplay by Clemence Dane and Sergei Nolbandov, from the novel by A. E. W. Mason
Photography by James Wong Howe
Special effects by Ned Mann, Lawrence Butler, and Edward Cohen
Designed by Lazare Meerson
Music by Richard Addinsell
Musical director, Muir Mathieson
Film editor, Jack Dennis
Costumes by René Hubert
Sound by A. W. Watkins and Jack Rogerson
CAST: Vivien Leigh (Cynthia), Flora Robson (Queen Elizabeth), Laurence Olivier (Michael Ingolby), Leslie Banks (Earl of Leicester), Raymond Massey (Philip of Spain), James Mason (Hillary Vane), Robert Newton (Don Pedro), Herbert Lomas (Richard Ingolby), Morton Selten (Burleigh), Tamara Desni (Elena), Robert Rendell (Don Miguel), Charles Carson (Admiral Valdez), Henry Oscar (Spanish Ambassador), Lawrence Hanray (French Ambassador), Roy Russell (Cooper), Howard Douglas (Lord Amberley), Cecil Mainwaring (Illingworth), Francis de Wolfe (Tarleton), Graham Cheswright (Maddison), George Thirlwell (Gregory), A. Corney Grain (Hatton), Donald Calthrop (Don Escobal), Lyn Harding (Sir Richard)
American distributor, United Artists
Won the 1937 Gold Medal of the Comité International pour la Diffusion Artistique et Littéraire pour le Cinéma
DARK JOURNEY, London Films
Opened in London, March 28, 1937; U.S.A., April 2, 1937
Produced by Alexander Korda
Directed by Victor Saville
Screenplay by Arthur Wimperis from
a story by Lajos Biro
Photography by Georges Perinal
Special effects by Ned Mann, Lawrence Butler, and Edward Cohen
Designed by André Andrejew and Ferdinand Bellan
Music by Richard Addinsell
Musical director, Muir Mathieson
Film editors, William Hornbeck, Hugh Steward, and Lionel Hoare
Costumes by René Hubert
Sound by A. W. Watkins and Charles Tasto
CAST: Vivien Leigh (Madeleine Godard), Conrad Veidt (Baron Karl von Marwitz), Joan Gardner (Lupita), Anthony Bushell (Bob Carter), Ursula Jeans (Gertrude), Eliot Makeham (Anatole), Margaret Pickard (Colette), Austin Trevor (Dr. Muller), Sam Livesey (Major Schaeffer), Cecil Parker (Captain), Edmund Willard (German Intelligence Officer), Charles Carson (Fifth Bureau Man), William Dewhurst (Killer), Henry Oscar (Magistrate), Reginald Tate (Mate), Robert Newton (Officer), Philip Ray (Faber), Lawrence Hanray (Cottin), Percy Walsh (Captain of the Swedish Packet), Laidman Browne (Rugge), Martin Harvey (Bohlan), Anthony Holies (Dutchman)
American distributor, United Artists
Reissued in 1953 as The Anxious Years
STORM IN A TEACUP, London Films
Opened in London, June 6, 1937; U.S.A., November 22, 1937
Produced by Victor Saville
Directed by Victor Saville and Ian Dalrymple
Screenplay by Ian Dalrymple and Donald Bull from James Bridie’s adaptation of the play Sturm im Wasserglas by Bruno Frank
Photography by Mutz Greenbaum (Max Greene)
Special effects by Ned Mann and Edward Cohen
Designed by André Andrejew
Music by Frederic Lewis
Musical director, Muir Mathieson
Film editors, William Hornbeck, Hugh Steward, and Cyril Randell
Sound by A. W. Watkins and Charles Tasto
CAST: Vivien Leigh (Victoria Grow), Rex Harrison (Frank Burdon), Sara Al-good (Mrs. Hegarty), Cecil Parker (Provost Grow), Ursula Jeans (Lisbet Skirving), Gus McNaughton (Horace Skirving), Arthur Wontner (Fiscal), Edgar K. Bruce (McKellar), Robert Hale (Lord Skerryvore), Quinton MacPherson (Baillie Callender), George Pughe (Menzies), Arthur Sea-ton (Police Sergeant), Cecil Mannering (Police Constable), Cyril Smith (Councilor), Scruffy the dog
American distributor, United Artists
A YANK AT OXFORD, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer