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Reframing Vivien Leigh
Reframing Vivien Leigh

A Vivien Leigh room

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Caroline Oboussier's sketch for the new design of the Vivien Leigh room.

Source: Topsham Museum

In 2006, designs were drawn up by former Topsham Museum Society Vice President Caroline Oboussier for a new way of displaying the Vivien Leigh artefacts in the museum.

This design sketch shows that the dress remains a central artefact. The clear case would have allowed visitors to view the item from different angles.

The sketch also shows other artefacts on display, including a theatre seat reclaimed from the St. James's Theatre in London. Vivien Leigh campaigned unsuccessfully to save the theatre from demolition in 1957.