 | VOCABULARY actress - aktorka
to play - grać
fiery - wybuchowy, ognisty, o ognistym/wybuchowym temperamencie
heiress - spadkobierczyni, dziedziczka
the Deep South - dalekie południe Stanów Zjednoczonych
was much commented on - był mocno komentowany
[who was] originally scheduled to direct the film - [który miał] według pierwotnych planów reżyserować film
she got the part - dostała rolę
indescribable wildness - nieopisana dzikość, namiętność, gwałtowność, porywczość
as if she was 'possessed of the devil' - jak gdyby była opętana przez diabła
to win an Oscar - zdobyć Oskara
performance - tu: rola
faded Southern belle - przekwitła piękność z południa (Stanów)
in the film version of - w filmowej adaptacji
play - sztuka
A Streetcar Named Desire - Tramwaj zwany pożądaniem
to die - umrzeć
tuberculosis - gruźlica, tuberkuloza
apartment - apartament, mieszkanie
to mark - oznaczyć
blue plaque - niebieska tablica pamiątkowa |
Lesson 22
Vivien LeighThat an English actress should play a fiery heiress from the Deep South was much commented on but George Cukor, originally scheduled to direct the film, said she got the part because 'there was an indescribable wildness about her' as if she was 'possessed of the devil'.
She won an Oscar for her performance. In 1951 she won a second Oscar, this time as the faded Southern belle Blanche DuBois, in the film version of Tennessee Williams's play A Streetcar Named Desire.
In 1967 she died of tuberculosis in her apartment in Eaton Square which is now marked with a blue plaque.
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