It explores Vivien Leigh’s struggle with bipolar disorder in the 1960s, as she prepares to lead the Broadway production of John Gielgud’s Chekhov adaptation of “Ivanov.” Joseph Penn, WWII veteran and blue-collar florist encounters Leigh on a delivery. At the same time, the star attends a local psychiatric facility for electroconvulsive therapy. Amidst the backdrop of madness, Leigh and Penn become each other’s sources of truth, beauty, and love.
Carla GuginoVivien Leigh
Jack DavenportLaurence Olivier
Charlie McDermottFreddie
David Hyde PierceJohn Gielgud
Eoin MackenJack Merivale
Ajay NaiduEldridge
Blake DeLongByronKeith KirkwoodDoctor
Frank ModicaTheater AttendeeAnnie GrantFrancesca
E.J. CarrollCharlieDenver TaylorStage Manager
Maria-Christina OliverasPegDavid BakerWaiter (uncredited)