I’ve separated the list into categories and provided links to where you can purchase your own copy. I thought it would be useful to make a post about the Vivien Leigh and Laurence Olivier books that I personally think are tops.
The Oliviers’ fame spanned different mediums: film, theatre, television, photography, and there are many books besides standard biographies that contain interesting information and amazing pictures. Which books books should they read to learn more about the actress? What do I think of a certain book?
Holden's biography is a vivid picture of a man frequently in conflict with himself but who used that inner turmoil to create some of the most longlasting performances of all time.People frequently leave comments on the Vivien Leigh and Laurence Olivier Facebook page asking what the best Vivien Leigh biographies are. Regardless of who he was or how one chooses to describe him, his mark on theater is indelible and the way he used film as an extension of theatrical production was revolutionary.
Even in reading a fairly comprehensive biography of his life, it is still difficult to pin him down. There is a reason 1948's Hamlet is often referred to as "Laurence Olivier's Hamlet." The man and the work are inseparable, but that leads to Olivier as a man being quite elusive. I always maintain that perhaps the greatest public service Olivier ever did was making Shakespeare accessible to modern audiences through his incredible production of and performances in what remain probably the greatest adaptations of Shakespeare, his films. He is also almost inextricable from Shakespeare, living a life that was in and of itself almost Shakespearean.
He was a man so defined by the theater and what he did. Describing Olivier is almost impossible to do without pulling at least one of his characters into it. This idea fascinated me, and the more I think about it, the more I tend to agree with Holden.
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