Welsh born photographer of stage and screen whose hey day was from 1930s to the 1980s. A small tribute.
Joined March 2019
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Through the lens of Angus McBean.
The lady is Louise Browne (1906-1996), Actress, dancer, singer and spy.
From an 1938 feature on Surrealism.
One wag commented " Glad to see she get her drawers on"
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PAMELA BROWN : 1917-1975
Glorious actress Pamela Brown as Jennet in Fry's "The Lady's Not For Burning"
Time wrote "No one has a more gloriously uppity charm; no voice can simultaneously so rasp & thrill; no one ever made standoffishness more come-hitherable."
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ANGUS McBEAN CAPTURES
THE LADY'S NOT FOR BURNING 1949
A VERSE PLAY BY CHRISTOPHER FRY
WITH PAMELA BROWN, JOHN GIELGUD AND RICHARD BURTON
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HAMLET 1951 : NEW THEATRE
Alec Guinness as Hamlet, Prince of Demark
With an outstanding support cast including:
Peter Wyngarde, Robert Shaw, Patrick Crean, Michael Gough and Kenneth Tynan as "First Player" ( in his pre-critic days), & later one of Alec's very best chroniclers.
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LATEST ANGUS McBEAN ADAGE
Alec Guinness as a flawed Prince of Denmark, from 1951
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IMAGE OF MISS FERRIER BY ANGUS MCBEAN
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Angus captured the beautiful French / Italian actress Edwige Feuillère in 1957 when she was working ( and appearing) on the London stage.
Edwige Feuillère : 1907-1998
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Angus McBean captures a scene from " The Assassin" by Peter Yates, starring Peter Glenville, Simon Lack, Godfrey Kenton and Claude Bailey at the Lyric Theatre Hammersmith in 1946.
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Angus McBean captures Ronald Lewis and Vivien Leigh in South Sea Bubble, at the Lyric Hammersmith, 1956
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The invincible thespian Walter Hudd by Angus McBean
So carelessly forgotten
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter…
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ANGUS AT THE OLD VIC FOR HARRY ANDREWS' POWERFUL KING HENRY VIII
WITH SUPPORT FROM EDITH EVANS AND JOHN GIELGUD
A RARE PRODUCTION FROM 1958
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LOOKING BACK IN GLORY AT THE ANGUS MCBEAN EXHIBITION AT CWTSH, NEWPORT IN 2025
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Angus McBean captures Larry Olivier, Vivien Leigh and Alan Webb in "Titus Andronicus", Stratford 1955, Peter Brooke's notable production.
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LATEST ANGUS McBEAN PURCHASE
From The De Beer Diamond Commission Portfolio
c 1960s
Thanks to AW
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