Sir Peter Hall and family
1 portrait by Universal Pictorial Press and Agency Ltd
Sir Peter Hall and family
by Universal Pictorial Press and Agency Ltd
bromide press print, July 1969
9 5/8 in. x 7 1/2 in. (246 mm x 190 mm) image size
Transferred from Evening Standard Library, before 1983
Photographs Collection
NPG x184397
Artistback to top
- Universal Pictorial Press and Agency Ltd, Photographers. Artist or producer associated with 28 portraits.
Sittersback to top
- Christopher Hall (1957-), TV producer; son of Peter Hall and Leslie Caron. Sitter in 2 portraits. Identify
- Edward Hall (1966-), Director; son of Sir Peter Hall. Sitter in 1 portrait. Identify
- Jacqueline Hall (née Taylor), Second wife of Peter Hall. Sitter in 1 portrait. Identify
- Jennifer Caron ('Jenny') Hall (1958-), Photographer. Sitter in 2 portraits. Identify
- Lucy Hall (1969-), Set designer; daughter of Sir Peter Hall. Sitter in 1 portrait. Identify
- Sir Peter Reginald Frederick Hall (1930-2017), Director and producer of theatre, opera and film. Sitter in 22 portraits. Identify
Placesback to top
- Place made and portrayed: United Kingdom: England, Oxfordshire (sitter's home, near Henley, Oxfordshire)
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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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