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Additional authors

1. Funke, Lewis, 1912-1992
2. Booth, John E. (John Erlanger)

Found in

1. Interviews for the book "Actors talk about acting".

Description

1. 1 audio disc (approximately 66 min.) : digital, mono; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

1. Leigh, a renowned British actress, speaks about her early years; her interest in acting; her education; various schools in different countries she attended (England, France, Italy and Germany); the importance of formal training in acting and diction; Method Acting; diverse roles she played (Scarlett O'Hara, Blanche DuBois, Lulu d'Arville); her attitude towards her profession; her way of practicing her parts; her daily routine during work, and explains a few aspects that make comedies much more difficult to act in than tragedies. She and the interviewers discuss Shaw's play "The doctor's dilemma" and the part she played in it as well as her "two Cleopatras" - Shaw's and Shakespeare's.

Alternative title

1. Actors talk about acting.
2. Interviews for the book "Actors talk about acting".

Subject

1. Leigh, Vivien, 1913-1967 > Interviews
2. Interviews (Sound recordings)
3. Actresses > Great Britain > Interviews

Genre/Form

1. Interviews.
2. Sound recordings.

Call number

1. *LDC 52730

Note

1. Title supplied by cataloger.
2. Original interview conducted by Funke, New York Times editor, and Booth, educational associate and author of numerous articles on theater, for the book "Actors talk about acting" published in 1961.

Access (note)

1. Access to original item restricted.

Source (note)

1. John E Booth;

Linking entry (note)

1. Forms part of: Interviews for the book "Actors talk about acting", *L(Special) 89-13.

Author

1. Leigh, Vivien, 1913-1967, interviewee.

Title

1. Interview with Vivien Leigh.

Type of content

1. spoken word

Type of medium

1. audio

Type of carrier

1. audio disc

Performer

1. Vivien Leigh, interviewee ; Lewis Funke, John Booth, interviewers.

Event

1. Recorded in NYC 1960 June.

Access

1. Access to original item restricted.

Linking entry

1. Forms part of: Interviews for the book "Actors talk about acting", *L(Special) 89-13.

Local note

1. On reel with: Interview with Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne (service copy in *LDC 52728) and Interview with Jose Ferrer (service copy in *LDC 52731.
2. Archival original: (1 audiotape reel : analog, 3 3/4 ips., 1 track mono ; 7 in.) in *LT-7 5721.
3. Service CD (1 audio disc : digital, mono ; 4 3/4 in.) copied from archive original.

Source

1. Gift; John E Booth; 1989.

Connect to:

1. Request Access to Music Division Audio and Moving Image material

Added author

1. Funke, Lewis, 1912-1992, interviewer.
2. Booth, John E. (John Erlanger), interviewer.
3. Booth, John E. (John Erlanger), donor.

Added title

1. Actors talk about acting.
2. Interviews for the book "Actors talk about acting".

Found in:

1. Interviews for the book "Actors talk about acting".

Research call number

1. *LDC 52730
2. *LT-7 5721