Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterOver 20 years ago (and pre Downton) Dame Maggie Smith was starring in Alan Bennett’s play The Lady in The Van in the Queens Theatre in London’s West End. She was nominated for a Best Actress Award at the Oliviers and then later she would reprise the role in the film adaptation. Meanwhile at the … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterIt would take either a fool, or a very clever woman, to be foolhardy enough to take on the Dowager Countess of Grantham who has the sharpest tongue and quickest wit in Downtown Abbey. With the movie about to hit movie theaters, Focus Features have released this teaser clip where newcomer Lady Maud Bagshaw … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterBack in 1987 the celebrated British playwright Peter Shaffer followed up the enormous success of his Tony Award-winning play Equus with a new play called Lettice and Lovage that he wrote especially for Maggie Smith (in her pre Dame days). It centered around a flamboyant tour guide who loves to embellish the history behind an English country house and who … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterWith all this talk about the iconic divas who have left us in 2016, it’s a kind of a nice change to celebrate the birthday of one who is very much with us and still working at the ripe old age of 82. Dame Maggie Smith CH DBE, 6 time Oscar nominee and 2 time winner, … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterIt didn’t really matter what the first reviews of the World Premiere of ‘The Lady in The Van’ at the Toronto International Film Festival actually say as we are hardly going to pass up a chance to see the veteran actress Dame Maggie Smith shine in a role that was especially written for her by out-gay … Continue reading
