Vivien Leigh: The Last Press Conference






“Lafferty ... brings a visceral intimacy to this piece ... that gives the piece more the feel of a Hollywood confessional full of gossip and anecdotes than a schematic “birth to death” biography.” — Off Broadway *“The story of her life has enormous dramatic potential, which Ms. Lafferty’s by the book recounting successfully explores.”* — The New York Sun "*Vivid (and entertaining) are the descriptions of her behind-the-scenes conversations with David O. Selznick'…”* — The New York Times "Lafferty rises to the legend’s challenge…” — The Evening Standard "Lafferty wins our sympathy for her subject and admiration for her performance." — Jewish Chronicle "Vivien Leigh: The Last Press Conference is, frankly, my dears, worth giving a damn about." — Midweek “It is an entertaining show and a pleasingly assured solo turn” — The Times “It is a touching and entertaining performance” — The Sunday Telegraph “It is a touching piece, sustained delightfully by Marcy Lafferty” — The Financial Times “The material is so engrossing and the performance so compelling, it all works beautifully.” — The Metro “After about ten minutes I became mesmerized. It was almost as if I was seeing Vivien again.” — Tarquin Olivier, son of Sir Laurence Olivier as quoted in The Stage “This is a remarkable performance by a remarkable actress…” — The Stage “One of the most moving evocations of a real-life person that I can remember… Lafferty inhabits the role for real, holding her audience mesmerized for nearly 90 minutes in a monologue of epic proportions.” — What's On? “An uninterrupted hour and a half of pleasure” — Theatreworld Internet Magazine “A crisp one-woman show… always engaging” — The Observer “A tour-de-force sojourn into the tortured soul of an artist” — Daily Variety