Dadie Rylands
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George Humphrey Wolferstan Rylands, known as Dadie Rylands, was a British literary scholar and theatre director.
Dadie Rylands with Raymond Mortimer and Frances Partridge
Cecil Beaton
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Sir Cecil Walter Hardy Beaton was a British photographer, designer, and diarist. Renowned for his elegant and often theatrical style, Beaton's work appeared in leading publications such as Vogue and H
Dadie Rylands
…King's from 1927 until his death. While at Cambridge, he became a friend of John Maynard Keynes, also a student and Fellow at King’s. He also befriended Cecil Beaton there. As well as studying Shakespeare, he was actively involved in the theatre. He directed and acted in many productions for The Marlowe Society, and…
Beaton in 1928
Beaton alongside his sisters Nancy and Barbara, 1930
Beaton's photograph of the bell towers of St Paul's Cathedral in London, seen through an archway after an incendiary raid, 1940
Beaton's photograph of Queen Fawzia Fuad Chirine with Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi and their daughter, Princess Shahnaz Pahlavi, in Tehran, 1942