Overview
It explores Vivien Leigh’s struggle with bipolar disorder in the 1960s, as she prepares to lead the Broadway production of John Gielgud’s Chekhov adaptation of “Ivanov.” Joseph Penn, WWII veteran and blue-collar florist encounters Leigh on a delivery. At the same time, the star attends a local psychiatric facility for electroconvulsive therapy. Amidst the backdrop of madness, Leigh and Penn become each other’s sources of truth, beauty, and love.
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Cast
Carla Gugino
Vivien Leigh
Jack Davenport
Laurence Olivier
Charlie McDermott
Freddie
David Hyde Pierce
John Gielgud
Eoin Macken
Jack Merivale
Ajay Naidu
Eldridge
Blake DeLong
Byron
Keith Kirkwood
Doctor
Frank Modica
Theater Attendee
Annie Grant
Francesca
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