Plague Over England
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Product details
- ISBN 9780573113390
- Weight: 158g
- Dimensions: 140 x 216mm
- Publication Date: 01 Mar 2016
- Publisher: Samuel French Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
- Language: English
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Late on 20th October, 1953, Sir John Gielgud, then at the zenith of his theatrical career, was arrested in a Chelsea public lavatory. He pleaded guilty the next day to the charge of persistently importuning male persons for immoral purposes. In the prim, homophobic Britain of the 1950s, Gielgud's offence attracted vicious criticism from public and press alike and threatened to terminate his career. A few weeks later, however, when Gielgud opened in London in a new play, something extraordinary happened2 women, 13 men
