BECAUSE WE MUST (1937)

A little modern play which gave Vivien Leigh her first West End part

Playwright: Ingaret Giffard

Directed: Norman Marshell

Stage Manager: Bernard Gordon

Vivien's role: Pamela Golding-Ffrench

Location: Wyndham's Theatre

Opened: February 5, 1937;   the play closed within a month

Cast: Vivien Leigh (Pamela Golding-Ffrench), Margaret Emden, and Enid Lindsey

Biographer Anne Edwards about the play: Because We Must was a light effort by playwright Ingaret Giffard, and Vivien's role was the only dimensional and theatrical one in the play. Need overbalanced judgment, for it is doubtful that she would have accepted the part in view of her lack of belief in the play's merits if she thought there was another choice.

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