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Poet and playwright John Gay was born Devon to an aristocratic though impoverished fay. Unable to afford universy, Gay went to London to…

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"OUTLANR" CASTS TORTURED GAY CHARACTER LORD JOHN GREY FOR UPG THIRD SEASONDAVID BERRY WILL TAKE ON THE MANTLE OF "NSUMMATE GENTLEMAN" LORD JOHN GREY THE PERD {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}TVBY DAN AVERYAUGT 29, 2016/2:15 PMBY DAN AVERYAUGT 29, 2016 / 2:15 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"\"OUTLANR\" CASTS TORTURED GAY CHARACTER LORD JOHN GREY FOR UPG THIRD SEASON","DATEPUBLISHED":"2016-08-29T18:15:13.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2016-08-29T18:15:13.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"DAN AVERY","ARTICLESECTN":"TV"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ATRALIAN ACTOR DAVID BERRY HAS JOED THE ST OF STARZ PERD DRAMA OUTLANR ROLE OF LORD JOHN GREY, A PIVOTAL CHARACTER THE SHOW'S UPG THIRD {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN THE DIANA GABALDON NOVELS THAT SPIRED THE TIME-TWISTED SERI, LORD GREY IS A BRISH NOBLEMAN, "TORN BETWEEN A FELY-HONED SENSE OF FAIAL DUTY AND A STRONG MORAL PASS OF RIGHT AND WRONG."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BUT HE'S ALSO A CLOSETED GAY MAN WH FEELGS FOR PROTAGONIST JAMIE FRASER—FEELGS THAT ARE NOT RECIPROTED. ACRDG TO PRS NOT, A SNDAL OM GREY'S PAST HAS LAND HIM AS THE ERNOR OF THE STTISH PRISON WHERE JAMIE IS BEG KEPT AND THE TWO FORM AN "AWKWARD" {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}GREY IS ALSO FEATURED A SERI OF LORD JOHN NOVELS THAT ALL TAKE PLACE BETWEEN 1756 AND {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"HE’S WHAT I LL A 'MHROOM,' ONE OF THOSE UNPLANNED PEOPLE WHO POPS UP OUT OF NOWHERE AND WALKS OFF WH ANY SCENE HE’S ," REMARKED {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"HE’S ALSO A GAY MAN, A TIME WHEN TO BE HOMOSEXUAL WAS A PAL OFFENSE, AND LORD JOHN HAS MORE THAN MOST TO LOSE BY DISVERY. HE BELONGS TO A NOBLE FAY, HE’S AN OFFICER HIS MAJTY’S ARMY, AND LOV BOTH HIS FAY AND HIS REGIMENT; TO HAVE HIS PRIVATE LIFE DISVERED WOULD DAMAGE — IF NOT STROY — BOTH."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"CONSEQUENTLY, HE LIV NSTANTLY WH NFLICT," SHE ADDS, "WHICH MAK HIM BOTH EPLY ENTERTAG AND EASY TO WRE ABOUT."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ACRDG TO STARZ, SEASON THREE OF OUTLANR WILL BE BASED ON THE THIRD BOOKS THE SERI, VOYAGER—PICKG UP RIGHT AFTER CLAIRE RETURNS TO HER LIFE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}NOW PREGNANT, SHE STGGL WH THE FALLOUT OF HER SUDN REAPPEARANCE AND S EFFECT ON HER MARRIAGE TO HER FIRST HBAND, {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MEANWHILE, THE 18TH CENTURY, JAMIE SUFFERS OM THE AFTERMATH OF HIS DOOMED LAST STAND AT THE HISTORIC BATTLE OF CULLON, AS WELL AS THE LOSS OF CLAIRE. AS THE YEARS PASS, JAMIE AND CLAIRE ATTEMPT TO MAKE A LIFE APART OM ONE ANOTHER, EACH HNTED BY THE MEMORY OF THEIR LOST LOVE. THE BUDDG POSSIBILY THAT CLAIRE N RETURN TO JAMIE THE PAST BREATH NEW HOPE TO CLAIRE’S HEART... AS WELL AS NEW {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BERRY IS AN ATRALIAN ACTOR BT KNOWN FOR ROL ON THE SERI HOME AND AWAY AND A PLACE TO CALL HOME, WHERE HE PLAYED A GAY MAN 1950S {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS

Upon the release of 'Outlanr' season 4 on DVD, David Berry is revealg why Lord John Grey beg gay is 'the most relatable thg' about him. * lord john gay *

One of Lord John Grey's biggt character tras is his homosexualy. Particularly a time when homosexualy was somethg that uld easily get you killed, havg an LGBTQ+ character is somethg worthy of note.

And although Lord John Grey is gay, and he tak the necsary preutns to keep this dangero fact a secret, he's not ashamed of who he is.

There's a big difference between hidg your homosexualy bee n get you killed and hidg bee you're ashamed of .

‘OUTLANR’S’ LORD JOHN GREY, A GREAT GAY CHARACTER, NEEDS A SPOFF

David Berry tak on the role of Lord John Grey, a gay man " a time when to be homosexual was a pal offense." * lord john gay *

In a time where one had to be extremely reful to hi one's sexualy if didn't abi by the norm, Lord Grey did a stellar job of beg ee wh his sexualy whout makg known that he was gay.

JOHN GAY

John Gay, English poet and dramatist, chiefly remembered as the thor of The Beggar’s Opera, a work distguished by good-humoured satire and technil assurance. A member of an ancient but impoverished Devonshire fay, Gay was ted at the ee grammar school Barnstaple. He was * lord john gay *

He also has a uple unnamed one night stands and often viss Lavenr Hoe, a club that specific to satisfy the needs of homosexual men, who were then forced to hi their sexual orientatn. Playg gay man Lord John Grey – a beloved character, reportedly talks for s own sp-off seri – Berry told exactly what was like to have to shoot his sex scene, which aired season 4 last year.

"But he's also a closeted gay man wh feelgs for protagonist Jamie Fraser—feelgs that are not reciproted.

JOHN GAY

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"He’s also a gay man, a time when to be homosexual was a pal offense, and Lord John has more than most to lose by disvery. As well as new is an Atralian actor bt known for rol on the seri Home and Away and A Place To Call Home, where he played a gay man 1950s Atralia.

At the time, eighteenth-century gay characters were maly relegated to foppish portrayals, or they were almost stantly killed off what has been dubbed the “Bury Your Gays” trope. In any se, ’s about time that we had a historil seri whose ma character is gay, and who isn’t a stereotype that we’ve seen a ln tim over. It’s past time that we had a historil drama featurg a gay character that we n all cheer for.

John Gay, (born June 30, 1685, Barnstaple, Devon, Eng. A member of an ancient but impoverished Devonshire fay, Gay was ted at the ee grammar school Barnstaple.

BIOGRAPHY OF JOHN GAY

Poet and playwright John Gay was born Devon to an aristocratic though impoverished fay. Unable to afford universy, Gay went to London to… * lord john gay *

Gay’s journalistic terts are clearly seen a pamphlet, The Prent State of W (1711), a survey of ntemporary perdil publitns. It is such lite probg of the surface of social life that Gay excels. Gay was a member, together wh Pope, Jonathan Swift, and John Arbuthnot, of the Scribles Club, a lerary group that aimed to ridicule pedantry.

JOHN GAY

<p><strong>Pl Otreicher:</strong> I preached on Good Friday that J's timacy wh John suggted he was gay as I felt eply had to be addrsed</p> * lord john gay *

The iends ntributed to two of Gay’s satiril plays: The What D’ye Call It (1715) and Three Hours After Marriage (1717) most succsful play was The Beggar’s Opera, produced London on Jan. “Hont” John Gay lost most of his money through disastro vtment South Sea stock, but he nohels left £6, 000 when he died.

WAS J GAY? PROBABLY

Poet and playwright John Gay was born Devon to an aristocratic though impoverished fay. Unable to afford universy, Gay went to London to apprentice as a draper stead. By 1714, Gay had started rrpondg wh Alexanr Pope and bee a member of the Scribles Club, a group that clud Jonathan Swift, John Arbuthnot, Thomas Parnell, and Lord Oxford.

Gay’s publitns datg om this time clu the poems Trivia: Or, the Art of Walkg the Streets of London (1716) and The Shepherd’s Week (1714). The Scribles Club fluenced Gay’s major plays of this perd, The What D’Ye Call It (1715) and Three Hours After Marriage (1717), which was equently lked to Pope. Gay was more or ls pennt on patronage his whole life and lived var semi-employed stat wh a number of aristocrats.

Though relyg on the generosy of patrons such as the Duchs of Queensberry, Gay also earned money om his plays, pecially The Beggar’s Opera (1728), which enjoyed unprecented succs.

JOHN GAY

Allegedly satirizg then-prime mister Sir Robert Walpole, Gay’s play gaed notoriety and ma stagg s sequel, Polly, impossible until 1777. The Beggar’s Opera was some ways the culmatn of Gay’s reer. Pope was a pallbearer and ntributed an epaph to Gay’s memorial.

Above are Gay’s own words: “Life is a jt; and all thgs show / I thought so once; but now I know . Poems by John Gay. See All Poems by John Gay.

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Was J gay? Probably | Pl Otreicher | The Guardian .

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