The Killing of Sister George - Revision history

Wessexman at 07:09, 20 September 2024

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	[[File:Original movie poster for the film The Killing of Sister George.jpg\|thumb\|Original movie poster]]'''''The Killing of Sister George''''' was the name of a play by Frank Marcus (1964), and a subsequent film (1968) which gave an early depiction of lesbianism. The film premiered in USA and was then shown in London in April 1969.		[[File:Original movie poster for the film The Killing of Sister George.jpg\|thumb\|Original movie poster]]'''''The Killing of Sister George''''' was the name of a play by Frank Marcus (1964), and a subsequent film (1968) which gave an early depiction of lesbianism. The film premiered in USA and was then shown in London from April 1969 at the Prince Charles Theatre, Leicester Square and elsewhere.

	June Buckridge (played by Beryl Reid in the orignal stage production and the film) is an actress who portrays a lovable district nurse in a BBC soap opera. In real life she is an aggressive butch lesbian, who becomes known as George like the character. The plot centres round a love triangle between George, her much younger girlfriend Childie, and a BBC executive, Mercy Croft, who tells George that her character is to be killed off, and proceeds to woo Childie away from her.		June Buckridge (played by Beryl Reid in the orignal stage production and the film) is an actress who portrays a lovable district nurse in a BBC soap opera. In real life she is an aggressive butch lesbian, who becomes known as George like the character. The plot centres round a love triangle between George, her much younger girlfriend Childie, and a BBC executive, Mercy Croft, who tells George that her character is to be killed off, and proceeds to woo Childie away from her.

Wessexman: film screened in London 1969

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film screened in London 1969

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	[[File:Original movie poster for the film The Killing of Sister George.jpg\|thumb\|Original movie poster]]'''''The Killing of Sister George''''' was the name of a play by Frank Marcus (1964), and a subsequent film (1968) which gave an early depiction of lesbianism.		[[File:Original movie poster for the film The Killing of Sister George.jpg\|thumb\|Original movie poster]]'''''The Killing of Sister George''''' was the name of a play by Frank Marcus (1964), and a subsequent film (1968) which gave an early depiction of lesbianism. The film premiered in USA and was then shown in London in April 1969.

	June Buckridge (played by Beryl Reid in the orignal stage production and the film) is an actress who portrays a lovable district nurse in a BBC soap opera. In real life she is an aggressive butch lesbian, who becomes known as George like the character. The plot centres round a love triangle between George, her much younger girlfriend Childie, and a BBC executive, Mercy Croft, who tells George that her character is to be killed off, and proceeds to woo Childie away from her.		June Buckridge (played by Beryl Reid in the orignal stage production and the film) is an actress who portrays a lovable district nurse in a BBC soap opera. In real life she is an aggressive butch lesbian, who becomes known as George like the character. The plot centres round a love triangle between George, her much younger girlfriend Childie, and a BBC executive, Mercy Croft, who tells George that her character is to be killed off, and proceeds to woo Childie away from her.

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	'''''The Killing of Sister George''''' was the name of a play by Frank Marcus (1964), and a film (1968) which ~~was~~ an early depiction of lesbianism.		[[File:Original movie poster for the film The Killing of Sister George.jpg\|thumb\|Original movie poster]]'''''The Killing of Sister George''''' was the name of a play by Frank Marcus (1964), and a subsequent film (1968) which gave an early depiction of lesbianism.

	June Buckridge (played by Beryl Reid in the orignal stage production and the film). is an actress who portrays a lovable district nurse in a soap opera. In real life she is a butch lesbian, who becomes known as George ~~after~~ the character. The plot centres round a love triangle between ~~June~~, her much younger girlfriend Childie, and a BBC executive, Mercy Croft, who tells George that her character is to be killed off, and proceeds to woo ~~Chilie~~ away from her. Part of the action of the film was set in the real-life lesbian club, the [[Gateways[[.		June Buckridge (played by Beryl Reid in the orignal stage production and the film) is an actress who portrays a lovable district nurse in a BBC soap opera. In real life she is an aggressive butch lesbian, who becomes known as George like the character. The plot centres round a love triangle between George, her much younger girlfriend Childie, and a BBC executive, Mercy Croft, who tells George that her character is to be killed off, and proceeds to woo Childie away from her.

			Part of the action of the film was set in the real-life lesbian club, the [[Gateways]].

	It has been sugested that the plot was inspired by the dropping of [[Ellis Powell]] from ''Mrs Dale's Diary''.		It has been sugested that the plot was inspired by the dropping of [[Ellis Powell]] from ''Mrs Dale's Diary''.

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'''''The Killing of Sister George''''' was the name of a play by Frank Marcus (1964), and a film (1968) which was an early depiction of lesbianism.

June Buckridge (played by Beryl Reid in the orignal stage production and the film). is an actress who portrays a lovable district nurse in a soap opera. In real life she is a butch lesbian, who becomes known as George after the character. The plot centres round a love triangle between June, her much younger girlfriend Childie, and a BBC executive, Mercy Croft, who tells George that her character is to be killed off, and proceeds to woo Chilie away from her. Part of the action of the film was set in the real-life lesbian club, the [[Gateways[[.

It has been sugested that the plot was inspired by the dropping of [[Ellis Powell]] from ''Mrs Dale's Diary''.

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