
Truly, Madly
Vivien Leigh, Laurence Olivier, and the Romance of the Century
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Narrated by:
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Molly Parker Myers
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By:
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Stephen Galloway
A sweeping and heartbreaking Hollywood biography about the passionate, turbulent marriage of Laurence Olivier and Vivien Leigh.
In 1934, a friend brought fledgling actress Vivien Leigh to see Theatre Royal, where she would first lay eyes on Laurence Olivier in his brilliant performance as Anthony Cavendish. That night, she confided to a friend, he was the man she was going to marry. There was just one problem: She was already married - and so was he.
Truly, Madly is the biography of a marriage, a love affair that still captivates millions, even decades after both actors' deaths. Vivien and Larry were two of the first truly global celebrities - their fame fueled by the explosive growth of tabloids and television, which helped and hurt them in equal measure. They seemed to have it all, and yet, in their own minds, they were doomed, blighted by her long-undiagnosed mental illness, which transformed their relationship from the stuff of dreams into a living nightmare.
Through new research, including exclusive access to previously unpublished correspondence and interviews with their friends and family, author Stephen Galloway takes listeners on a bewitching journey. He brilliantly studies their tempestuous liaison, one that took place against the backdrop of two world wars, the Golden Age of Hollywood, and the upheavals of the 1960s - as they struggled with love, loss, and the ultimate agony of their parting.
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Passion has its limits
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The real lives of two acting legends brilliantly revealed
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This is a must have for fans of Leigh-Olivier. Leaves you feeling sad that there wasn't a lot known about bipolar disorder/mental health or much to help Vivien. These two, it seems, really were torn apart by illness.
Definitely recommend.
Another Book Ruined by Narrator
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Good book, but the narrator!!
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Reader is soooooooo bad
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Great book
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The narration was excellent - Molly Parker is a talented actress in her own right and really did this material justice.
An excellent book- though very sad as madness, infi delity and the pangs of guilt and abandonment become front and center as the story progresses.
Poignant and Memorable
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A back door into a world I never knew
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She read it as it it were a book young adults. All of her inflections were wrong. Ruined the book.
Worst reader ever
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The real side of Larry and Viv
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