Ethel Drew (Ethel Hyde-White, née Korenman); Wilfred Hyde-White
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Ethel Drew (Ethel Hyde-White, née Korenman); Wilfred Hyde-White
by Francis Goodman
2 1/4 inch square film negative, 1969
Bequeathed by the estate of Francis Goodman, 1989
Photographs Collection
NPG x195298
Sittersback to top
- Ethel Drew (Ethel Hyde-White, née Korenman), Actress and stage manager; second wife of Wilfred Hyde-White. Sitter in 3 portraits.
- Wilfred Hyde-White (1903-1991), Actor. Sitter in 7 portraits.
Artistback to top
- Francis Goodman (1913-1989), Photographer. Artist or producer of 1400 portraits, Sitter in 6 portraits.
Events of 1969back to top
Current affairs
The Open University is established, based on the vision of Michael Young. Its aims were to offer the chance to study for higher education qualifications on a part time and distance learning basis, giving people who were unable to attend a traditional university because of family, work commitments or disability the opportunity to achieve university degrees.Art and science
The comedy sketch show Monty Python's Flying Circus is first broadcast. The Pythons performed surreal sketches that reinvented the comedy tradition, eschewing punch lines for a stream-of-consciousness structure and incongruous authorial interventions: 'and now for something completely different'.Kenneth Tynan's Oh! Calcutta amuses and shocks audiences with full nudity on stage, taking advantage of the recent end to censorship laws.
International
Neil Armstrong takes 'one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind' when he becomes the first man on the moon.Concorde makes its first supersonic flight. The plane was designed, developed and manufactured by a joint treaty between the French and English governments.
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