A Plague Over England is coming soon
Plague Over England is a play based around the controversial conviction in 1953 of Sir John Gielgud for persistently importuning men for immoral purposes.
More than just a dramatization 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.
Plague Over England captures the spirit of Britain in the early 1950s when judges, politicians and the national press were describing homosexuality as a cancer, an epidemic and a threat to national life. It is an extraordinary insight into the dramatic changes in social attitudes to gay life in the last fifty years.
Booking from 11th February to 16th May 2009
- Matinees: Wednesday and Saturday 3pm
- Evenings: Monday to Saturday 7:45pm
- Running Time: 150 minute
