The Boys
Actor Simon Callow pays tribute to the 50-year relationship of Micheal MacLiammoir and his partner Hilton Edwards, who were the founders of Dublin's influential Gate Theatre.
In 1969 while the actor was performing his one man show in Belfast, a young Simon Callow was MicheΓ΅l MacLiammΓ³ir's dresser. Callow pays tribute to the 50 year relationship of MicheΓ΅l MacLiammΓ³ir and his partner Hilton Edwards, who were the founders of Dublin's influential Gate Theatre.
Simon Callow is an actor, musician, writer, and theatre director.
Part of Gay Britannia, a season of programming marking the 50th anniversary of The Sexual Offences Act 1967, which decriminalised homosexual acts that took place in private between two men over the age of 21.
Writer: Simon Callow
Reader: Simon Callow
Producer: Simon Richardson.
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