Vivien Leigh chronology of stage and film performances

The following provides a chronological list of the stage and film performances given by the British actress Vivien Leigh.

Although successful as a film star, she preferred the theatre, and worked more extensively in this medium, therefore her theatre performances are listed first.

Theatre

Theatre roles

Opening date	Title	Role	Location	Playwright	Director	Other main cast members
25 February 1935	The Green Sash	Giusta	"Q" Theatre, London	Debonnaire Sylvester and T. P. Wood	Matthew Forsyth	Kathleen Boutall and David Horne
15 May 1935	The Mask of Virtue	Henriette Duquesnoy	Ambassadors Theatre, London	Carl Sternheim and Ashley Dukes	Maxwell Wray	Jeanne de Casalis, Maud Tree and Frank Cellier
17 February 1936	Richard II	Queen Anne	Oxford (OUDS)	William Shakespeare	John Gielgud and Glen Byam Shaw	David King-Wood and Florence Kahn
8 April 1936	The Happy Hypocrite	Jenny Mere	His Majesty's Theatre, London	Clemence Dane, Richard Addinsell and Max Beerbohm	Maurice Colbourne	Ivor Novello and Viola Tree
22 June 1936	Henry VIII	Anne Boleyn	Open Air Theatre, Regent's Park	William Shakespeare	Robert Atkins	Gyles Isham and C. N. Anson
5 February 1937	Because We Must	Pamela Golding-Ffrench	Wyndham's Theatre	Ingaret Giffard	Norman Marshell	Margaret Emden and Enid Lindsey
11 March 1937	Bats in the Belfry	Jessica Morton	Ambassador's Theatre, London	Diana Morgan and Robert MacDermot	A. R. Whatmore	Evelyn Ankers Ivor Barnard and Charles Hawtrey
June 1937	Hamlet	Ophelia	Kronborg Castle, Elsinore	William Shakespeare	Tyrone Guthrie	Laurence Olivier, John Abbott, and Anthony Quayle
27 December 1937	A Midsummer Night's Dream	Titania	Open Air Theatre, Regent's Park	William Shakespeare Jeanne de Casalis	Tyrone Guthrie	Robert Helpmann and Ralph Richardson
13 September 1938	Serena Blandish	Serena Blandish	Gate Theatre	S. N. Behrman and Enid Bagnold	Esme Percy	David Tree and John Teed
9 May 1940	Romeo and Juliet	Juliet	51st Street Theatre, New York City, also San Francisco, Chicago and Washington, D.C.	William Shakespeare	Laurence Olivier	Laurence Olivier, Dame May Whitty, Edmond O'Brien and Cornel Wilde
4 March 1942	The Doctor's Dilemma	Jennifer Dubedat	Haymarket Theatre	George Bernard Shaw	Irene Hentschell	Cyril Cusack (later John Gielgud) and Austin Trevor
24 April 1942	The School for Scandal (two scenes — one charity performance)	Lady Teazle	Haymarket Theatre	Richard Brinsley Sheridan		Cyril Maude
Spring, 1943 for 3 months	Spring Party — A Revue	Herself and Scarlett O'Hara	Tour of North Africa entertaining troops	works by Lewis Carroll and Clemence Dane	John Gielgud	Beatrice Lillie, Dorothy Dickson and Leslie Henson
15 May 1945	The Skin of Our Teeth	Sabina	Phoenix Theatre	Thornton Wilder	Laurence Olivier	Cecil Parker and Joan Young
11 September 1946	The Skin of Our Teeth (revival)	Sabina	Picadilly Theatre	Thornton Wilder	Laurence Olivier	George Devine and Esther Somers
14 February 1948 to 1 November 1948	(1) Richard III (2) The School for Scandal (3) The Skin of Our Teeth	(1) Lady Anne (2) Lady Teazle (3) Sabina	Tour of Australia and New Zealand : Perth, Adelaide, Hobart, Melbourne, Canberra, Sydney, Brisbane, Auckland, Wellington, Dunedin, Christchurch	(1) William Shakespeare (2) Richard Brinsley Sheridan (3) Thornton Wilder	Laurence Olivier	Old Vic Theatre Company including Laurence Olivier and Peter Cushing
26 January 1949	(1) Richard III (2) Antigone	(1) Lady Anne (2) Antigone	opened at the New Theatre	(1) William Shakespeare (2) Jean Anouilh	Laurence Olivier	Old Vic Theatre Company including Laurence Olivier and Peter Cushing
11 October 1949	A Streetcar Named Desire	Blanche DuBois	Aldwych Theatre	Tennessee Williams	Laurence Olivier	Bonar Colleano, Renée Asherson, Bernard Braden and Theodore Bikel
10 May 1951 the two plays alternated nightly	Caesar and Cleopatra	Cleopatra	St James' Theatre	George Bernard Shaw	Michael Benthall	Laurence Olivier
11 May 1951 the two plays alternated nightly	Antony and Cleopatra	Cleopatra	St James' Theatre	William Shakespeare	Michael Benthall	Laurence Olivier
19 December 1951 the two plays alternated nightly	Caesar and Cleopatra	Cleopatra	Ziegfeld Theatre, New York City	George Bernard Shaw	Michael Benthall	Laurence Olivier, Robert Helpmann, Wilfrid Hyde-White and Harry Andrews
20 December 1951 the two plays alternated nightly	Antony and Cleopatra	Cleopatra	Ziegfeld Theatre, New York City	William Shakespeare	Michael Benthall	Laurence Olivier, Donald Pleasence, Harry Andrews, Robert Helpmann and Wilfrid Hyde-White
5 November 1953	The Sleeping Prince	Mary Morgan	Phoenix Theatre	Terence Rattigan	Laurence Olivier	Laurence Olivier and Martita Hunt
12 April 1955	Twelfth Night	Viola	Stratford-upon-Avon	William Shakespeare	John Gielgud	Laurence Olivier, Keith Michell, Mervyn Blake and Angela Baddeley
7 June 1955	Macbeth	Lady Macbeth	Stratford-upon-Avon	William Shakespeare	Glen Byam Shaw	Laurence Olivier, Maxine Audley, Keith Michell and Geoffrey Bayldon
16 August 1955	Titus Andronicus	Lavinia	Stratford-upon-Avon	attributed to William Shakespeare	Peter Brook	Laurence Olivier, Maxine Audley, Frank Thring and Anthony Quayle
25 April 1956	South Sea Bubble	Lady Alexandra Shotter	Lyric Theatre	Noël Coward	William Chappell	Ian Hunter, Arthur Macrae, John Moore and Joyce Carey
6 May 1957	Titus Andronicus	Lavinia	Tour of Paris, Vienna, Belgrade, Zagreb, Warsaw, followed by Stoll Theatre, London	attributed to William Shakespeare	Peter Brook	Laurence Olivier, Anthony Quayle and Maxine Audley
24 April 1958	Duel of Angels	Paola	Apollo Theatre	Jean Giraudoux and Christopher Fry	Jean-Louis Barrault	Claire Bloom (later replaced by Ann Todd and Mary Ure), Derek Nimmo and Peter Wyngarde
9 July 1959	Look After Lulu	Lulu d'Arville	Royal Court Theatre, then New Theatre	Georges Feydeau translated by Noël Coward	Noël Coward	Anthony Quayle, Richard Goolden and Michael Bates
19 April 1960	Duel of Angels	Paola	Helen Hayes Theatre, New York City	Jean Giraudoux and Christopher Fry	Robert Helpmann	Peter Wyngarde, Jack Merivale and Mary Ure
Old Vic Overseas Tour - Australia and New Zealand 12 July 1961 to 17 March 1962	(1) Twelfth Night (2) Duel of Angels (3) The Lady of the Camellias	(1) Viola (2) Paola (3) Marguerite Gautier	Her Majesty's Theatre, Melbourne Her Majesty's Theatre, Brisbane Theatre Royal, Sydney Theatre Royal, Adelaide Her Majesty's Theatre, Perth Opera House, Wellington Theatre Royal, Christchurch Her Majesty's Theatre, Auckland	(1) William Shakespeare (2) Jean Giraudoux (3) Alexandre Dumas, fils	all directed by Robert Helpmann	repertory company including Jack Merivale
Old Vic Overseas Tour - Latin America 29 March 1962 to 16 May 1962	(1) Twelfth Night (2) The Lady of the Camellias	(1) Viola (2) Marguerite Gautier	Mexico City, Mexico Caracas, Venezuela Lima, Peru Santiago, Chile Buenos Aires, Argentina Montevideo, Uruguay São Paulo, Brazil Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	(1) William Shakespeare (2) Alexandre Dumas, fils	both directed by Robert Helpmann	repertory company including Jack Merivale
18 March 1963	Tovarich	Tatiana	Broadway Theatre, New York City	Jacques Deval, Robert E. Sherwood, David Shaw, Anne Crosswell and Lee Pockriss	Peter Glenville	Jean-Pierre Aumont
6 April 1965	The Contessa	Contessa Sanziani	closed after previews in Newcastle, Liverpool and Manchester	Paul Osborn and Maurice Druon	Robert Helpmann	David Knight and Joseph Furst
3 May 1966	Ivanov	Anna Petrova	Tour of United States and Canada, followed by season at Shubert Theatre, New York City	Anton Chekhov, adapted John Gielgud	John Gielgud	John Gielgud, Ronald Radd and Jack Merivale

Film

Film roles

Year	Title	Role	Director	Other main cast members
1935	The Village Squire	Rose Venables	Reginald Denham	David Horne and Leslie Perrins
1935	Things Are Looking Up	School girl	Albert de Corville	Cicely Courtneidge
1935	Look Up and Laugh	Marjorie Belfer	Basil Dean	Gracie Fields
1935	Gentlemen's Agreement	Phil Stanley	George Pearson	Frederick Peisley Anthony Holles
1937	Fire Over England	Cynthia	William K. Howard	Flora Robson Raymond Massey Leslie Banks Laurence Olivier
1937	Dark Journey	Madeleine Goddard	Victor Saville	Conrad Veidt
1937	Storm in a Teacup	Victoria Gow	Ian Dalrymple and Victor Saville	Rex Harrison Cecil Parker Sara Allgood
1938	A Yank at Oxford	Elsa Craddock	Jack Conway	Robert Taylor Lionel Barrymore Maureen O'Sullivan Edmund Gwenn
1938	Sidewalks of London	Libby	Tim Whelan	Charles Laughton Rex Harrison
1939	Gone with the Wind	Scarlett O'Hara	Victor Fleming	Clark Gable Leslie Howard Olivia de Havilland
1940	21 Days	Wanda	Basil Dean	Laurence Olivier Filmed in 1937
1940	Waterloo Bridge	Myra	Mervyn LeRoy	Robert Taylor Lucile Watson Virginia Field
1941	That Hamilton Woman	Emma Hamilton	Alexander Korda	Laurence Olivier Alan Mowbray Sara Allgood Gladys Cooper
1945	Caesar and Cleopatra	Cleopatra	Gabriel Pascal	Claude Rains Stewart Granger Flora Robson
1948	Anna Karenina	Anna Karenina	Julien Duvivier	Ralph Richardson
1951	A Streetcar Named Desire	Blanche DuBois	Elia Kazan	Marlon Brando Kim Hunter Karl Malden
1955	The Deep Blue Sea	Hester Collyer	Anatole Litvak	Kenneth More
1961	The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone	Karen Stone	José Quintero	Warren Beatty Lotte Lenya
1965	Ship of Fools	Mary Treadwell	Stanley Kramer	Simone Signoret José Ferrer Lee Marvin

Notes and references

• Edwards, Anne (1978). Vivien Leigh, A Biography (Biography). Coronet Books. ISBN 978-0-34-023024-4. http://books.google.com/?id=7a65QgAACAAJ&dq=isbn=9780340230244. Retrieved 2010-07-25.