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Feb 15, 2010 · The playwright Nicholas de Jongh reveals how he learned about Gielgud's cruising in public lavatories and his partner Martin Hensler. He also shares his experience of writing and staging Plague over England, a play about Gielgud's sexuality.
Aug 27, 2009 · Even during his last relationship with Martin Hensler, a mysterious and aggressive Hungarian who was his live-in companion for more than 30 years, Gielgud still hankered after other men.
In 1962 Gielgud met Martin Hensler (1932–99), an interior designer exiled from Hungary. He was temperamental, and Gielgud's friends often found him difficult, but the two became a long-term couple and lived together until Hensler's death.
May 17, 2020 · The other obstacle would be Gielgud’s partner of 35 years, Martin Hensler, a mysterious Hungarian, whom friends believed had him in his thrall.
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Oct 28, 1993 · The garden is the invention and preserve of his companion, Martin Hensler. Walking through his ornate sitting room, double high with two banks of windows and filled with beautiful...
Longtime partner Martin Hensler died in December 1998, 16 months before Gielgud's own death in 2000. He publicly acknowledged Hensler as his lover only in 1988, in the programme notes for 'The Best of Friends', which was his final stage performance.
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John Gielgud met his last love, Martin Hensler, at an exhibition at the Tate Gallery in the 1960s. They kept in touch, and Hensler moved in with Gielgud six years later. They remained a couple for over 30 years until Gielgud's death.
