Performance

Venue	The Prince of Wales Cabaret Venue
	Other spaces: Stage Door Theatre
Town	Inner London
County	Greater London
From	17th April 2024
Opened	16th April 2024
To	18th May 2024
When	Tue-Fri 19:30. Sat 20:30
What is currently on at The Prince of Wales Cabaret Venue (V01679153144)

The Tailor-Made Man

T1895087876
The true story of Hollywood's Notorious Gay Movie Star. William "Billy" Haines was a popular MGM movie star in the 1920's who was fired by studio boss Louis B. Mayer because he was gay and refused to give up his lifelong partner, Jimmie Shields, and marry the silent screen vamp Pola Negri in a sham lavender marriage. As punishment, his films were pulled from release and sealed in the MGM vaults never to be seen again, and his official studio photographs were destroyed. It was an attempt to erase him completely from movie history. But Billy and Jimmy's turbulent, passionate love affair was to survive and lasted over 50 years. This is their story.

Author

Claudio Macor

Archive :: production:T1895087876, play:S5171, venue:V01679153144

Reviews

The Tailor-Made Man review
18May24: Seen at Stage Door Theatre, Drury Lane.

Company

Producer	LAMBCO Productions
Director	Robert McWhir
Design	David Shields
Performer	Gwithian Evans (Jimmie Shields)
Performer	Hugo Pilcher (William 'Billy' Haines)
Performer	Peter Rae (Howard Strickling)
Performer	Shelley Rivers (Marion Davies)
Performer	Olivia Ruggerio (Carole Lompard / Pola Negri)
Performer	Dereck Walker (Louis B Mayer)

CORONAVIRUS: All venues in the UK were shut down on March 16, 2020, and the restrictions were finally lifted on July 19, 2021. It is important to mention that the UK Theatre Web archive listings (iUKTDb) from March 2020 to July 2021 might not be accurate due to the lack of information regarding rescheduled and cancelled shows.