THE SCHOOL FOR SCANDAL (1942)

(two scenes - one charity performance)

Playwright: Richard Brinsley Sheridan

Opened: Haymarket Theatre, London, April 24, 1942

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THE SCHOOL FOR SCANDAL (1948-49)

Playwright: Richard Brinsley Sheridan

Directed: Laurence Olivier

Vivien's role: Lady Teazle

Opened: New Theatre, London, January 20, 1949
The Old Vic tour of Australia and New Zealand :Perth, Adelaide, Hobart, Melbourne, Canberra, Sydney, Brisbane, Auckland, Wellington, Dunedin, Christchurch

Cast: Vivien Leigh (as Lady Teazle), Laurence Olivier (Sir Peter Teazle), Terence Morgan (Charles Surface), Peter Cushing (Joseph Surface), Peggy Simpson (Maria), Eileen Beldon (Mrs. Candour), Bernard Merefield (Crabtree), Mercia Swinburne (Lady Sneerwell), and Dan Cunningham (Sir Benjamin Backbite).

Comments

Harold Conway (Evening Standard): It was a touching, endearing, loveable performance, genial and wistful.

W.A. Darlington (the Daily Telegraph): The acting is stylized to such a pitch that I felt on occasion as though I were at a ballet rather than a serious comedy and as a result Sir Laurence achieved decorative effect at the expense of dramatic power.

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