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Sir Alec Guinness; Simon Ward

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Sir Alec Guinness; Simon Ward

by Lewis Morley
toned bromide print, 1967
11 1/8 in. x 14 1/2 in. (283 mm x 369 mm)
Given by Lewis Morley, 1989
Photographs Collection
NPG x125185

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  • Lewis Morley (1925-2013), Photographer. Artist or producer of 308 portraits, Sitter in 5 portraits.

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During the 1950s Guinness had turned his focus towards film roles, although he had continued to perform in a number of important plays. In the 1960s his interest returned to the theatre and he played significant roles in Arthur Miller's Incident at Vichy (1964) and John Mortimer’s A Voyage Round My Father (1969). In 1967 he took on the part of Jock Masters, a criminal who is blackmailed into impersonating a boy’s mother, in Simon Gray's Wise Child. Guinness is shown here alongside Simon Ward who played the boy, Jerry.

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Current affairs

Harold Wilson decides to devalue the pound by nearly 15% in order to ' break out from the straitjacket' of boom and bust economics. The decision was controversial and prompted Wilson to reassure the public that the 'pound in your pocket' would not be worth any less.

Art and science

The Beatles release Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, with a record sleeve designed by pop artist, Peter Blake. The band's musical experimentation and colourful new look was an example of psychedelic, and the LP is often regarded as one of the first concept albums.

International

Che Guevara is captured and executed in Bolivia. The guerrilla leader and revolutionary icon was hunted down by the CIA and captured and shot by Bolivian Special Forces. He had been leading Bolivian insurgents in an attempt to overthrow the government.

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