Plague Over England
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Wednesday, 11 February 2009 -
Monday, 4 May 2009
Duchess Theatre, Catherine Street, Covent Garden, WC2B 5LA
Theatre: , Melodrama
How Much:
£49.00 (Tickets)
, £28.00 (Lowest Price)
Nicholas de Jongh's latest is a dramatisation of a turning point in the history of British attitudes towards gay life.
In 1953 Sir John Gielgud was poised to make a hotly anticipated return to the West End as one of Britain's leading actors. Just before the run was about to begin, he was arrested in a public lavatory on charges of importuning for immoral purposes. Very George Michael! Except at the time, the nationwide scandal left Gielgud facing the prospect of personal and professional ruination. Then something amazing transpired, and the rest is history - very much a part of Britain's gay cultural history.
A cerebral, witty and uplifting testament to an extraordinary man and a time of marked cultural changes, this show picked up great notices in early fringe runs, despite springing from the pen of one of Britain's less merciful critics.
In 1953 Sir John Gielgud was poised to make a hotly anticipated return to the West End as one of Britain's leading actors. Just before the run was about to begin, he was arrested in a public lavatory on charges of importuning for immoral purposes. Very George Michael! Except at the time, the nationwide scandal left Gielgud facing the prospect of personal and professional ruination. Then something amazing transpired, and the rest is history - very much a part of Britain's gay cultural history.
A cerebral, witty and uplifting testament to an extraordinary man and a time of marked cultural changes, this show picked up great notices in early fringe runs, despite springing from the pen of one of Britain's less merciful critics.
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