Plague Over England
1953. The recently knighted Sir John Gielgud, poised to return to the West End in a new play, is arrested in a public lavatory on charges of importuning for immoral purposes. As news of his conviction is splashed across the national press – at a time when judges, politicians and doctors were describing homosexuality in terms of a cancer, an epidemic and a threat to national life – Gielgud faces personal and professional ruin. Then something extraordinary happens.
Cast & Crew
Cast
| Binkie Beaumont | Simon Dutton |
|---|---|
| Chiltern Moncrieff | John Warnaby |
| John Gielgud | Michael Feast |
| Sybil Thorndike | Celia Imrie |
Crew | |
| Costume Designer | Trish Wilkinson |
| Designer | Alex Marker |
| Director | Tamara Harvey |
| Lighting | James Farncombe |
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