Keeler

Synopsis

In 1963, the then Secretary of State of War, John 'Jack' Profumo was forced to resign after it was established that he had lied to the House about the nature of his relationship with a young showgirl, Christine Keeler. The ensuing scandal was in part responsible for the resignation of Prime Minister Harold MacMillan and the suicide of the man who introduced Keeler and Profumo, Stephen Ward. Based on Christine Keeler's 2001 autobiography, The Truth at Last, and written by Gill Adams with Keeler's sanction and involvement, Keeler, reveals for the first time the sensational inside story of the infamous Profumo affair.

Our Review:

Paul Lucas-Scott - 7 November 2011

The affair between Christine Keeler – a teenage showgirl – and John Profumo – the Secretary of State for War – illustrates perfectly a strange phenomenon that seems to be almost universal in the world of political sex scandals. They do always seem to involve the most unlikely couples and, frequently, the casual observer is left wondering how on earth they ever got together.

In this case the couple were introduced by Stephen Ward, a London osteopath, social climber and patron of the seedy Soho club where Keeler worked. It was he who engineered the situation which saw Keeler living platonically with him whilst being simultaneously involved not only with Profumo but also with Eugene Ivanov, a Russian attaché. The catastrophic consequences of their affairs are well documented – and therein lies a problem

[Paul Nicholas’s] production of Keeler (he is producer, director and also takes the role of Stephen War...

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