WHAT IS ON THE WALLS AT CWTSH
These are the images that festoon the walls at Cwtsh Art Gallery Newport, until 5 October 2025.
In addition there are dozens of other Angus McBean photographs, theatre programmes, magazines and artefacts, to ogle.
1. Actress VERA PEARCE, ( 1895-1966) : Surreal Image. 1938
2. Actress BEATRIX LEHMANN, ( 1903-1979): Surreal Image. 1937
3. Actress and Aristocrat, RENE RAY, (
1911-1993): Surreal Image. 1938
4. Actress PAMELA STANLEY, ( 1909-1991) : Surreal Image. 1938
5. Film Director, JEAN RENOIR, ( 1894-1979):1959
6. US- born Actress, FRANCES DAY,
( 1908-1994). Surreal Image. 1938
7. Actress HERMIONE GINGOLD, ( 1897-1987):
Surreal Image. 1952
8. Actress HERMIONE BADDELEY, ( 1906-1986) :
Surreal Image. 1938
9. US-born Actress, DOROTHY DICKSON, (1893-1995):
Surreal Image 1938
AND Actress /Icon AUDREY HEPBURN, (1929-1993).
Surreal Image. 1949
10. QUENTIN
CRISP, (1908-1990). Raconteur/ Author: Studio. 1930s
11. Actress, AMANDA BARRIE,( born 1935): Film Studio. 1964
12. Actress GERALDINE McEWAN, (1932-2015): London
Theatre. 1954
13. Actress
BEATRIX LEHMANN, (1903- 1979). Studio. 1938
14. Actress
VIVIEN LEIGH, (1913-1967):
15. Actress VANESSA REDGRAVE, ( born 1937): London Theatre 1964
16. Actress/ Icon AUDREY HEPBURN, (1919-1993) :
Poster. 1950
17.
18. Actor PAUL ROGERS, (1917-2013) : London
Theatre. 1961
19.
Singer/ Actor TOMMY STEELE, ( born 1936).
20. Actor IVOR
NOVELLO, ( 1892-1951): Reprint/
Studio. 1930s
21. THE
BEVERLEY SISTERS : Promotional
for an LP Record. 1959.
22. Actor DOUGLAS TROW. Born c1920s.
Died 1992. Studio. 1950s
23. Actor IVOR
NOVELLO, ( 1892-1951): Reprint / Studio.
1930s
24. Musical duo MICHAEL
25. Actress VANESSA REDGRAVE, ( born 1937): On Stage. 1960
26. Actress EDITH EVANS, ( 1888-1976). London Theatre. 1930s
27. Actress, MAGGIE SMITH, (
1934-2024). Stage/ promotion. 1963
28. Actress EDITH EVANS,(
1888-1976). London Theatre. 1949
29.
STAMPS ETC ON THE BACK OF PROOF PHOTOS by McBean
30. Actress, Dorothy Tutin, ( 1930-2001). Studio. 1963
31. Christmas
Card sent by CHERRY McBEAN. Angus’ mother
32. Christmas
Card sent by ANGUS
McBEAN to a friend
33. Another
Christmas Card Sent by CHERRY McBEAN.
Angus’ mother
34-37.
Actress MARLENE DIETRICH, ( 1901-1992). Film Studio. 1951
38. Actors
DONALD SINDEN, ( 1923-2014) & PAUL ROGERS, (1917-2013). Stage 1961
39. Actress ROSAMUND JOHN, (1913- 1998).
Brighton Theatre. 1938
40. Actors DENNIS PRICE, (1915-1973)
& ROSAMUND JOHN (1913-1998). Stage. 1938
41. Actors in verse play “ JB” by Archibald Macleish. London Theatre. 1961
42. Actress DAME GWEN
FRANGCON-DAVIES, ( 1891-1992). Studio.
1950s
43. EDITH EVANS (1888-1976)& ZOE CALDWELL ( 1933-2020). On Stage. 1959
44. DONALD
SINDEN, ( 1923-2014) & CONSTANCE
CUMMINGS, ( 1910-2005) Stage. 1961
45. Actor RONALD LEWIS, ( 1928-1982). London Theatre. 1955
46. Actor STEPHEN MURRAY, (1912-1983). London Theatre 1937
47. LAURENCE
OLIVIER (1907-1989) & VIVIEN LEIGH( 1913-1967),
48. MICHAEL
REDGRAVE (1908-1995 ) & YVONNE MITCHELL. RSC
49. LAURENCE
OLIVIER, (1907-1989 ). RSC
50. Actor RALPH RICHARDSON, (
1902-1983). AND COMPANY RSC
51. MARIUS GORING (1912-1998) & YVONNE MITCHELL, ( 1925-1979). RSC 1953
52. British-US Actor CHARLES LAUGHTON, (1899-1962).
RSC
53. RICHARD
BURTON, (1925-1984 ). RSC
54. Actress JOAN
PLOWRIGHT, (1929-2025) & MAX ADRIAN (1903-1973),
55. RICHARD
BURTON, (1925-1984 ). RSC
56. ROBERT
HELPMANN, (1909-1986 ). RSC
57. May be MICHAEL GOODLIFFE ( 1914-1976) and ROSEMARY LEACH (
1935-2017) c1961
58. RONALD LEWIS, ( 1928-1982). London Theatre. 1963
59. Actor JOHN GIELGUD, ( 1904-2000).
RSC
60. PATRICK
61. IVOR
NOVELLO ( 1892-1951) and MARIUS
GORING ( 1912-1998). London Theatre. 1936
62.
63-65.
66.
VIVIEN LEIGH, (1913-1967), London
Theatre. 1950
RSC=
Royal Shakespeare Company . Performances were staged at the Stratford Memorial
Theatre,
RECORDS : LPs/ EPs/46s records on display are :
Flanders and Swan ( LP & 45);
South Pacific; Spike Milligan; Paul Robeson; Maria Callas; Max Jaffe; Shirley Bassey ( Showboat); Mrs Mills; Amy Shuard; Another of Mrs Mills; Noel Coward & Joan
Sutherland; Memories of Ivor Novello (
Vanessa Lee); Danny Williams: Freddie
& the Dreamers; T S Eliot;
Cliff Richard 1; Cliff Richard 2;
Cliff [ Richard] Me & My Shadows;
Russ Conway x 2; The Beverley Sisters; More Russ Conway; Helen Shipiro; The Fabulous Shirley Bassey; Matt Monro; West
Side Story; The Beatles ( Red Album); The Beatles Hits; The Beatles ( Blue
Album); The Beatles: Love Me Do; The Beatles : Please, Please Me.
WINDOW DISPLAYS
THEATRE PROGRAMMES & MAGS: A SELECTION OF SHOWS PHOTOGRAPHED BY McBEAN
Actor FRASER CAMERON LOWDEN, ( 1932-2003): Studio 1959. The images from “
Audrey
Hepburn : Collage by various photographers.
The book
on display beneath The Hepburn Collage
is “Angus McBean: Portraits” by Terence
Pepper. National Portrait Gallery Publications. ( 2006).
Actress
MARGARET LEIGHTON, (1922-1976), as Ariel in Shakespeare’s “ THE TEMPEST” Stratford Memorial
Theatre, 1952 Season.
Acknowledgements :
Angus McBean: MASTERS OF PHOTOGRAPHY SERIES:
Adrian Woodhouse. Macdonald. (1985)
Angus McBean “Facemaker” : by Adrian Woodhouse.
British Newspapers in particular “ The Sketch”
and “The Tatler” Archives.
With much thanks to everyone at Cwtsh Arts Centre,
Further Enquiries
Contact Will Cross by email williecross@aol.com
