SERENA BLANDISH (1938)

Sir Everard Pynchon: (to Serena Blandish) When I talk to you I feel myself endowed with your sparkle, your health, your hope, your vitality.

Novel: A Lady of Quality

Written by: Enid Bagnold

Adapted: S. N. Behrman

Directed: Esme Percy

Vivien's role: Serena Blandish

Location Gate Theatre

Opened: September 13, 1938

Cast: Vivien Leigh (Serena Blandish), Harold Scott (Stranger), Hedley Briggs (Sir Everard Pynchon), Aubrey Dexter (Sigmund Traub), David Tree, and John Teed

Comments

Vivien Leigh plays the name-part with great charm and point. (September 21, 1938)

Stewart Granger: She was appalling, because when Vivien spoke, you could hear Larry.

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