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- | Home Secretary David Maxwell Fyfe pressed the police to enforce anti-homosexuality laws in the 1950s, which resulted in Britten being visited by police in 1953. He was so shocked by the occurrence that he suggested Pears enter into a phony marriage to assuage suspicions.[([[https:// | + | Home Secretary David Maxwell Fyfe pressed the police to enforce anti-homosexuality laws in the 1950s, which resulted in Britten being visited by police in 1953. He was so shocked by the occurrence that he suggested Pears enter into a phony marriage to assuage suspicions.[([[https:// |
===== The War Requiem ===== | ===== The War Requiem ===== |