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WAS STUART PIGGOTT ACTUALLY GAY? THE DIG FANS CUR ABOUT ARCHAEOLOGIST
Was archaeologist Stuart Piggott om The Dig gay real life? Although the movie, Stuart Piggott, played by Ben Chapl, is portrayed as a gay man, thgs seemed to be a b more plited real life. (1/2)— Sutton Hoo (@NT_SuttonHoo) January 24, 2021 View Tweet Stuart Piggott gay?
The Dig fans curThe plot of The Dig suat a romance takg place between Piggott and John Brailsford, another exvator, though nothg is spelled out for viewers, jt for whether the real-life Stuart Piggott was gay, as The Dig viewers are wonrg, there is nothg to nfirm . It slowly be clear, whout beg blatant, that he is most likely gay. Subtle cu throughout the movie seem to ht that Strt is gay, as many historians have speculated.
In The Dig, this is portrayed as a May-September relatnship between the young, h-out-of-grad school Peggy and the olr, closeted gay man Stuart. And as for her hband [who was only two years olr]… I am aware of no evince that Stuart was homosexual. There is also no evince to suggt that Stuart Piggott was gay, and the two did not divorce until much later, 1956.