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The National Theater in Bucharest: a place to learn about film and philosophy

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From the play: Lamia Beligan Had the chance to watch Vivien Leigh : The Last Press Conference ,  written by Marcy Lafferty, directed by Liana Ceterchi, played by Lamia Beligan. I knew too little things about Vivien; that she won two times The Academy Awards, once for the    Best Actress , as  Scarlett O'Hara  in  Gone with the Wind  (1939) and for the role as   Blanche DuBois  in  A Streetcar Named Desire  (1951). I also knew she was amazingly beautiful. Then I have found out that she was not happy with her beauty, thinking that this will diminish her credibility as a good actress. Incredible!                                                           From the play: Lamia Beligan The play revealed many other insights. Viviene had Indian origins (from her mother's side), Leigh is her first husband's surname, she had a bipolar disorder and she died at 53 of chronic tuberculosis. Lady Olivier, as she was also known because she had a beautiful love story with th