Keeler (play) Keeler (play) Keeler is a play written by Gill Adams, which has a plot regarding the Profumo affair and elements of its aftermath. The play is based on Christine Keeler's 2001 autobiography "The Truth At Last: My Story", and is described as being produced with her 'sanction and involvement'. The plot covers the period from when Keeler was initially introduced by Stephen Ward to John Profumo, and ends soon after Ward's death from suicide. The play was produced at the Richmond Theatre in 2011 and at the Charing Cross Theatre, London, in late 2013. The Charing Cross production ran until
Christine Keeler This incident discredited the Conservative government of Harold Macmillan in 1963 in what became known as the Profumo affair. Keeler was alleged to have been a prostitute and although this was not a criminal offence in itself, Ward was found guilty at trial of being her pimp – a trial only instigated after the embarrassment caused to the government. Keeler was born in Uxbridge, Middlesex. Her father, Colin Keeler (later known as Colin King), abandoned the family during World War II. She was brought up by her mother, Julie Ellen Payne, and stepfather, Edward Huish, in a house made from