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Emlyn Williams (1905-1987)

McBEAN, Angus (McBean began his career in the theatre as mask-maker and scenery designer before turning to full-time theatre photography. McBean is renowned for his theatrical and inventive photography of the 1930s and 1940s. Imitated throughout his career, his influence especially in advertising is still prominent today. In 1935 he opened his own studio; and his prominent style was soon being published in glossy magazines. The Surrealist Exhibition in 1936 was an influence on McBean's theatrical portraits. After the Second World War he opened a larger studio in Covent Garden, and in the 1940s and 1950s was inundated with commissions from theatre companies. In the 1960s McBean photographed the Beatles for their first album.)

This portraits shows Williams as a playwright. Williams was born in Mostyn, Flintshire and educated at Oxford University. He made his stage debut in 1927, but became an overnight success with Night Must Fall (1935), a thriller that he both wrote and starred in. Williams also appeared in numerous films and radio plays. His literary one-man shows, a theatrical genre he largely invented, became legendary. Williams was publicly acknowledged as bisexual before many of his contemporaries and wrote frankly about his sexuality in his two autobiographies.

Emlyn Williams (1905-1987)
Image: © Angus Mcbean/Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales
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Art

Item Number

NMW A 29538

Creation/Production

McBEAN, Angus

Acquisition

Purchase, 18/6/2010

Measurements

Height (cm): 36.9
Width (cm): 28.7

Techniques

gelatin silver print

Location

In store

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