signed program old vic theatre (1 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: Very Good. Adelaide, Thornquest Press Limited [Printers], 1948. Quarto, [4] pages (a bifolium) with a three-colour illustration by Loudon Sainthill on the front cover and a genealogical tree of the descendants of Edward III during the 'War of the Roses' on the last page. Some light creases to the extremities, and a few tiny nicks to the leading edge of the first leaf; a very good copy. The pictorial front cover is signed in ink by Vivien Leigh (slightly faded) and Sir Laurence Olivier. At that time, they were married; the tour was a great success, but stressful and exhausting, and it put the marriage under considerable pressure. Extra-marital affairs, and Leigh's increasing physical and mental ill-health (tuberculosis and bi-polar disorder) eventually led the couple to divorce in 1960.