Vivien Leigh
Vivien Leigh's script for Ivanov, circa 1966, 70pp. of mimeographed typescript, the title page signed in blue ballpoint pen by Vivien Leigh, the majority of Anna Petrovna's parts underlined in blue ballpoint pen, with approximately 8 pages annotated in Vivien Leigh's hand with minor notes on, additions and alterations to the text; accompanied by two scripts for Serena Blandishcirca 1938, both with the majority of Serena's lines and directions underlined in red ink, one signed on the title page in black ink by Vivien Leigh with approximately 22 pages annotated in Vivien Leigh's hand with minor notes on, additions and alterations to the text, the other signed on the front cover in pencil by Leigh, with approximately 26 pages annotated in Leigh's hand with minor notes on, additions and alterations to the text (2)
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Vivien Leigh appeared on stage in Serena Blandish in September, 1938 at the Gate Theatre, London, and in Ivanov at the Shubert Theatre, New York in May, 1966.