A Gay Century Volume 2: 1973-2001
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A Gay Century Volume 2: 1973-2001 by Peter Scott-Presland
'A Gay Century: Vol 2' is a vivid portrait of gay life in recent history, using a series of seven playlets which are dramatic, angry, funny and heartbreaking in turn. A camp old man collides with Gay Liberation and gets a new lease of life; a gay bandsman can't grieve for his lover killed in an IRA bomb - until he's thrown out of the army for being gay; a gay man and a lesbian decide to have a baby, but their partners plot to stop it; the bombing of the Admiral Duncan pub devastates not only the victims but their friends. Queen Victoria and Oscar Wilde - repression and liberation - battle for supremacy; there can only be one victor.
Peter Scott-Presland has been a performer, songwriter, playwright, journalist and historian since 1971. Three of his musicals have been nominated for awards, and a brewery tried unsuccessfully to ban his play, Leather, from their pub theatre. He is halfway through writing a three-volume history of the Campaign for Homosexual Equality, 'Amiable Warriors'. He is the recipient of the 2021 International Lesbian and Gay Cultural Network Award. He lives in South London.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781915494306 |
| ISBN 10 | 1915494303 |
| Title | A Gay Century Volume 2: 1973-2001 |
| Author | Peter Scott-Presland |
| Series | A Gay Century |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | The Conrad Press |
| Year published | 2023-01-31 |
| Number of pages | 464 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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