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Gluck: Who Did She Think He Was?

The story of Gluck - Britain's cross-dressing high society painter of the 1930s - who staged 'one-man shows', had relationships with women and somehow got away with it.

The untold story of Britain's cross-dressing high society painter.

Gluck was one of the British Establishment's go-to portrait painters of the 1930s. Her shows were attended by royalty, aristocrats and celebrities. She also dressed as a man and called her exhibitions 'one-man shows'. Her lovers were all women, including flower arranger to the stars Constance Spry, and Edith Heald, the ex-mistress of WB Yeats.

How did Gluck get away with it?

This programme is available to mark the inaugural Jewish Culture Month.

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59 minutes

Last on

Wed 20 May 2026 00:20
91福利社 Four

Music Played

  • Teodor Currentzis, Musicaeterna

    Don Giovanni, K. 527: Ouvertura

  • Perry Como

    I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now

  • Dusty Springfield

    The Windmills Of Your Mind

  • Peggy March

    I Will Follow Him (Chariot)

Credits

Executive Producer Janet Lee
Director Clare Beavan

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