#stephen ward

'Stephen Ward' is a musical with music by Andrew Lloyd Webber based on the 1963 Profumo affair. The affair involved the War Minister John Profumo and the socialite Stephen Ward, who introduced Profumo to his mistress, Christine Keeler. The musical premiered in London's West End at the Aldwych Theatre in 2013.

The Profumo affair was a major scandal in twentieth-century British politics. John Profumo had an extramarital affair with 19-year-old model Christine Keeler. When questioned, Profumo denied the affair in a statement to the House of Commons, but a later police investigation exposed the truth. To make matters worse, Keeler was involved with a Soviet spy, Captain Yevgeny Ivanov, thereby creating a possible national security risk. Keeler knew both Profumo and Ivanov through her friendship with the osteopath Stephen Ward.

The affair drew attention to the activities of Stephen Ward, who was charged with a series of immorality offences. Ward considered himself a scapegoat for Profumo's misdeeds and took a fatal overdose during the final stages of his trial.

"More than just being a warm, affable, effusive and generous man, Stephen was also peculiar, and those are the most interesting people to play. Stephen was eccentric but he also had a sinister and sad side to him."

https://loveinquotes.com/what-are-you-complaining-about-if-they-dont-want-you-over-here-why-dont-you-go-over-on-hastings-street-and-get-yourself-something-this-led-to-the-following-exchange-dac-members/

What are you complaining about? If they don’t want you over here, why don’t you go over on Hastings Street and get yourself something? This led to the following exchange: DAC members: We don’t want to eat on Hastings. We want to eat here. Police officer: Well, the man said he don’t want to serve you. DAC members: Yes, but the law says he has to serve us. This could lead to an argument with the police officer, but he eventually would write up the case. After securing an agreement from the restaurant that it would now welcome black patrons, and then sending a DAC team to ensure that African Americans did indeed receive service, Jimmy and his fellow activists still might face resistance and hostility. We’d have lots of people that didn’t want us in there, he recalled. Even the customers in there would say, ‘we’re going home, get our guns, and run these niggers out of here.’ Indeed, Jimmy recalled confronting hostile responses at various locations and in multiple forms. At the Hotel Detroiter, for example, the DAC team received service, but the food was full of salt, while other establishments would deliberately break the glasses up in front of us to let us know they wasn’t going to eat out of something some nigger ate out of. 94 ― Stephen Ward, In Love and Struggle: The Revolutionary Lives of James and Grace Lee Boggs

https://loveinquotes.com/what-are-you-complaining-about-if-they-dont-want-you-over-here-why-dont-you-go-over-on-hastings-street-and-get-yourself-something-this-led-to-the-following-exchange-dac-members/

What are you complaining about? If they don’t want you over here, why don’t you go over on Hastings Street and get yourself something? This led to the following exchange: DAC members: We don’t want to eat on Hastings. We want to eat here. Police officer: Well, the man said he don’t want to serve you. DAC members: Yes, but the law says he has to serve us. This could lead to an argument with the police officer, but he eventually would write up the case. After securing an agreement from the restaurant that it would now welcome black patrons, and then sending a DAC team to ensure that African Americans did indeed receive service, Jimmy and his fellow activists still might face resistance and hostility. We’d have lots of people that didn’t want us in there, he recalled. Even the customers in there would say, ‘we’re going home, get our guns, and run these niggers out of here.’ Indeed, Jimmy recalled confronting hostile responses at various locations and in multiple forms. At the Hotel Detroiter, for example, the DAC team received service, but the food was full of salt, while other establishments would deliberately break the glasses up in front of us to let us know they wasn’t going to eat out of something some nigger ate out of. 94 ― Stephen Ward, In Love and Struggle: The Revolutionary Lives of James and Grace Lee Boggs