Cultural References
Ward was played by the actor John Hurt in the 1989 film Scandal, which told the story of the Profumo affair. He is mentioned several times (as "Stephen") in the film's theme song, "Nothing Has Been Proved", written by The Pet Shop Boys and sung by Dusty Springfield, which became a Top 20 hit in the UK. Ward also appears as a character in Anthony Frewin's 1997 novel London Blues, was the basis of John Lawton's character Patrick Fitzpatrick in his 1998 novel A Little White Death. His life was the subject for a music theatre piece "That Man Stephen Ward" (2006-7) by the British composer Thomas Hyde.
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