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Feb 15, 2010 · Plague over England, the acclaimed West End play about John Gielgud's sexuality is to be filmed. Here, the critic-turned-playwright Nicholas de Jongh reveals more about his subject's secret life
Longtime partner Martin Hensler died in December 1998, 16 months before Gielgud's own death in 2000. [6] . He publicly acknowledged Hensler as his lover only in 1988, in the programme notes for 'The Best of Friends', which was his final stage performance.
But in June 1956 his relationship with Gielgud became troubled after the actor revealed that he was still occasionally involved with George Pitcher, a Princeton professor of philosophy with a long-term partner – the composer Ed Cone.
The Globe Theatre in London was renamed the Gielgud Theatre in 1994 in his honour. Gielgud was gay. He was in a long-term relationship until his partner died in 1998. Gielgud died in Wootton Underwood, Buckinghamshire.
Nov 1, 2011 · Gielgud had a dazzling life and career full of love and success, and he never once wanted to get married, adopt children, or join the army. With his great intellectual and creative resources, Gielgud exhibited no evidence of 20th-century gay self-hatred.
May 17, 2020 · The other obstacle would be Gielgud’s partner of 35 years, Martin Hensler, a mysterious Hungarian, whom friends believed had him in his thrall.
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May 3, 2023 · Richard Burton and John Gielgud’s dramatic encounter brilliantly portrayed in The Motive and the Cue. Also opening in London: Sidney Poitier is embroiled in blacklisting and betrayal in...
