DUCHESS THEATRE

Catherine Street, London, WC2B 5LA

PLAGUE OVER ENGLAND

Plague over England is based around the controversial 1953 conviction of Sir John Gielgud - for persistently importuning men for immoral purposes. More than just a dramatisation of a scandalous event in one actor's life, this new play shows how Gielgud's arrest played a small but distinct part in the battle to make homosexuality legal.

Cast

Michael Feast as John Gielgud
Celia Imrie as Sybil Thorndike
Simon Dutton as Bikie Beaumont
David Bart
Hugh Ross
John Warnaby
Michael Brown
Steven Hansell
Sam Heughan
Leon Ockenden

Creative

Produced by BILL KENWRIGHT LIMITED
Written by Nicholas De Jongh
Directed by Tamara Harvey
Design by Alex Marker

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