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- He was charged with "persistently importuning male persons for immoral purposes" and told to report to Chelsea Magistrates' Court the next day.
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Jan 31, 2011 · Gielgud was arrested at around midnight, and taken to a local police station where he gave the name "Arthur Gielgud" and stated his occupation as "self-employed clerk".
Feb 28, 2008 · John Gielgud's arrest for cottaging in 1953 sparked public outrage and, for the actor, private agony. A new play tells the story of the scandal
Feb 15, 2010 · Gielgud was an inveterate cruiser, uncontrollably attracted to the danger, risk and anonymity of cruising in public lavatories. There had been rumours, never substantiated, that Sir John had...
Sep 11, 2009 · Sir John Gielgud, considered one of Britain's greatest Shakespearean actors, was among its victims. He was arrested on a charge of "importuning" another man. On the charge sheet he...
On the evening of 20 October 1953, Gielgud, usually highly discreet about casual sex, was arrested in Chelsea for cottaging (i.e. cruising for sex in a public lavatory). Until the 1960s sexual activity of any kind between men was illegal in Britain.
Feb 24, 2009 · Jumping-off point is the true story of actor John Gielgud’s humiliating arrest in 1953 for soliciting gay sex in a London public toilet — or in the quaint parlance of gay Brits of a certain...
Apr 10, 2012 · In October 1953, the newly-knighted John Gielgud was arrested, and subsequently fined, for importuning in a notorious public lavatory in Chelsea.
