VIVIEN: LETTER TO LARRY
The Independent Theatre will host Donald Macdonald’s immersing play Vivien: Letter to Larry, as part of the 100th year celebrations of Vivien Leigh’s birth.
The play centres around a letter sent to Leigh by then husband Laurence Olivier, requesting a divorce, during her 1960 Broadway performance of Duel of Angels.
Actress Susie Lindeman will revive her acclaimed role, possessing Leigh’s famous eccentricities for one night only.
“I love playing Vivien because she has myriad facets, her passion and pain, fighting against her losses, losing her love and her mind, yet above all revealing a soul and heart brimming with life. This play is astonishingly electric at times, filled with high tension and suspense,” says Lindeman.
The Independent Theatre, which was frequented by Vivien herself, will also host a talk by Leigh’s friend and co-star Trader Faulkner.
Lindeman says, “Faulkner is in Sydney for one week, he’s seen our show several times and was discovered on the stage of the Independent Theatre in the 1940s, going on to replace Richard Burton on Broadway. Having him as my special guest and speaker makes this show both a celebration and creation of Sydney theatrical history.” (GF)
Feb 23, The Independent Theatre, Miller St, North Sydney, $35-45, theindependent.org.au
