She also changed the spelling of her name from Vivian to Vivien to become Vivien Leigh, as ... Shakespearean characters such as Ophelia, Cleopatra, Juliet and Lady Macbeth, the same source recounted.

When Laurence Olivier & Vivien Leigh decided to do Shaw’s Caesar and Cleopatra for last summer’s Festival of Britain, Stage Designer Roger Furse jokingly suggested that they do Shakespeare’s ...

Claude Rains’ Caesar – thanks to Shaw and Gabriel Pascal, director – is accurately and succinctly pinpointed by Vivien Leigh as Cleopatra when she calls him ‘a nice old gentleman’.

Vivien Leigh and Sir Lawrence Olivier in Caesar and Cleopatra by George Bernard ShawVivien Leigh and Sir Lawrence Olivier in Caesar and Cleopatra by George Bernard Shaw ...