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The
Green
Sash
Vivian
Leigh
as
Giusta
Opened:
Q
Theatre,
London,
February
25,
1935
Vivien Leigh as Henriette Duquesnoy
Opened: Ambassador’s Theatre, London, May 15, 1935; St. James’s Theatre, London, May 29, 1935
As Queen
Opened: Oxford University Dramatic Society, February 17, 1936
As Jenny Mere
Opened: His Majesty's Theatre, London, April 8, 1936
As Anne Boleyn
Opened: Open Air Theatre, Regent's Park, London, June 22, 1936
As Pamela Golding-French
Opened: Wyndham’s Theatre, London, February 5, 1937
Opened: Wyndham’s Theatre, London, February 5, 1937
Opened: Ambassadors Theatre, London, March 11, 1937
As Ophelia
Laurence Olivier as Hamlet
Opened: Kronborg Castle, Elsinore, Denmark (opening night performed at the Marienlist Hotel due to rain), June 3-9, 1937
As Titania
Opened: Old Vic Theatre, London, December 27, 1937
As Serena Blandish
Opened: Gate Theatre, London, September 13, 1938
As Juliet
Laurence Olivier as Romeo
Opened: 51st Street, New York, May 9, 1940, followed by a tour including California, Chicago, and Washington D.C.
As Jennifer Dubedat
Opened: Haymarket Theatre, London, March 4, 1942
As Lady Teazle
Opened: Haymarket Theatre, London, April 24, 1942, for one performance done to provide aid for the R. A. F., and Actors’ Benevolent Fund and to honor Cyril Maude’s 80th birthday.
Vivien’s contribution’s to the revue consisted of a recitation of Lewis Carroll’s “You Are Old, Father William,” Clemence Dane’s “Plymouth Hoe,” and a poem on Scarlett O’Hara.
Opened: A tour across North Africa, spring 1943
As Sabina
Opened: Phoenix Theatre, London, May 16, 1945
As Sabina
Opened: Piccadilly Theatre, London, September 11, 1946
Departed: February 14, 1948
Returned: November 1, 1948
Richard III
As Lady Anne
Laurence Olivier as King Richard
The School for Scandal
As Lady Teazle
Laurence Olivier as Sir Peter
The Skin of Our Teeth
As Sabina
Laurence Olivier as Mr. Antrobus
As Lady Teazle
Laurence Olivier as Sir Peter
Opened: New Theatre, London, January 20, 1949
As Lady Anne
Laurence Olivier as King Richard
Opened: New Theatre, London, January 26
As Antigone
Opened: New Theatre, London, February 10, 1949
As Blance DuBois
Opened Aldwych Theatre, London, October 11, 1949
As Cleopatra
Laurence Olivier as Caesar
Opened: St. James Theatre, London, May 10, 1951
As Cleopatra
Laurence Olivier as Antony
Opened: St. James Theatre, London, May 11, 1951
Cast for the skit: Vivien Leigh, Laurence Olivier, Danny Kaye
Opened: June 25, 1951, for one performance.
As Cleopatra
Laurence Olivier as Caesar
Opened: Ziegfeld Theatre, New York, December 19, 1951
As Cleopatra
Laurence Olivier as Caesar
Opened: Ziegfeld Theatre, New York, December 20, 1951
As Mary Morgan
Laurence Olivier as the Prince
Opened: Phoenix Theatre, London, November 5, 1953
"Night
of
100
Stars"
Vivien
Leigh,
Laurence
Olivier,
and
Jill
Esmond
were
among
the
galaxy
of
stars.
Opened:
London
Palladium,
early
1954,
for
one
performance
As Lady Teazle
Opened: Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, London, May 31, 1954, for one performance to honor Dame Sybil Thorndike’s fifty years on stage and the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art.
As Viola
Laurence Olivier as Malvolio
Opened: Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, April 12, 1955
As Lady Macbeth
Laurence Olivier as Macbeth
Opened: Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, June 7, 1955
As Lavinia
Laurence Olivier as Titus Andronicus
Opened: Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, August 16, 1955
As Alexandra Shotter
Opened: Lyric Theatre, London, April 25, 1956
“Night
of
100
Stars”
(“Top
Hat,
White
Tie
and
Tails”)
Cast:
Vivien
Leigh,
Laurence
Olivier,
and
John
Mills
Opened:
June
28,
1956,
one
performance
to
benefit
the
Actors’
Orphanage
As Lavinia
Laurence Olivier as Titus Andronicus
Opened: Tour began May 6 – June 22, 1957, and included Paris, Venice, Belgrade, Vienna, and Warsaw. After the tour’s conclusion, the play reopened at the Stoll Theatre, London, July 1, 1957
As Paola
Opened: Apollo Theatre, London, April 24, 1958
"Night
of
100
Stars"
Cast:
Vivien
Leigh,
John
Mills
&
William
Chappell
Opened:
Summer
1958,
for
one
performance
As Lulu d'Arville
Opened: Royal Court Theatre, London, July 29, 1959; New Theatre, London, September 8, 1959
As Paola
Opened: Helen Hayes Theatre, New York, April 19, 1960. Followed by a tour in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Denver, and Washington D.C.
Departed: June 26, 1961
Returned: May 26, 1962
Twelfth Night
As Viola
Duel of Angels
As Paola
The Lady of the Camellias
As Marguerite
"An Evening of Shakespeare"
Recitations by Vivien Leigh
Presented only during the South American portion of the tour.
As Titania
Opened: Broadway Theatre, New York, March 18, 1963
La
Contessa
As
Contessa
Sanziani
Opened:
Newcastle,
April
6,
1965:
Liverpool,
April
19,
1965:
Manchester,
May
4,
1965
As Anna Petrovna
Opened: Shubert Theatre, New York, May 3, 1966
"Hazlitt
in
Florence"
The
English
essayist’s
writings
read
by
Vivien
Leigh
at
her
last
public
appearance.
Opened:
Oxford,
May
1967
A
Delicate
Balance
As
Agnes
The
plans
for
the
play’s
opening
in
the
late
summer
of
1967
were
ended
by
Vivien
untimely
death.