The Animals: Simon Callow and Alan Cumming bring the story of 'the gay first couple' to life - The Guardian (blog)

The Animals: Simon Callow and Alan Cumming bring the story of 'the gay first couple' to life The Guardian (blog) The novelist and the painter met when Don was 18 (Christopher was 30 years older). Openly gay in 50s Hollywood, their more romantic moments were detailed in the 250 letters they wrote to each other between 1956 and 1970, which unleashed their animal ...