Pubs and Gay Social Life in Dublin, 1923–1973 (2025 Book Chapter)
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During lockdown, I researched and wrote a long article on the history of
gay-friendly pubs and venues in Dublin over a fifty-year period – from the
early I...
10 months ago
7 comments:
That is a great shot but I don't think that is John Gielgud.. It looks more like Michael Wilding.
Great photo, the pub O'Maras on the left was better known as the Bachelors inn,
If this photo was taken in 1956 it is sir john Gielgud it was a production of nude with a violin on at the Olympia which opened in Dublin before going on to the globe in the west end of London... Michael Wilding took over the role in London in 1957 having returned from filming Zarak in Morocco in the same year he and Liz Taylor divorced.
No , sorry, I am sure that this is Michael Wilding.
I wasn't born yet.
Here is a Getty Images phot (from the Hutton archive taken of the same time). It is John Gielgud http://www.gettyimages.ie/detail/news-photo/english-actor-sir-john-gielgud-and-playwright-noel-coward-news-photo/3111456#
Thank you.
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