Dark Star: A Biography of Vivien Leigh

Dark Star by Alan Strachan is a groundbreaking biography that provides a comprehensive and essential life-story of one of the 20th century's greatest actresses, Vivien Leigh.

This book sheds new light on her personal and professional life, including her fractious relationship with Laurence Olivier based on their letters and diaries, as well as her bipolar disorder that affected her later life and work.

The book covers Leigh's early life and provides glimpses behind-the-scenes of the filming of Gone with the Wind and A Streetcar Named Desire.

With previously unseen sources from her archive, recently acquired by the V&A, this biography is a must-read for any fan of Leigh or theatre history.