1970
Snowdon photographed me first wearing the hat and I suppose I chucked it on my foot when he asked me to take it off. There were no further royal requests (he was then married to the Queen's sister, Margaret) to remove a piece of clothing; tho he had arranged the untidy clothes which I had brought for the shoot. The Observer had a piece on bright actors to watch.
Photo by Snowdon
1970 ROMEO AND JULIET (1970)
Juliet (Anna Calder-Marshall), Friar Lawrence (Robert Eddison), Romeo (Ian McKellen), recording on 3 March 1970
1971
Delegation Day at No. 10: Members of Equity, the actors association, presented thousands of signatures in support of a letter written to the Prime Minister by members of the National Theatre in protest of the Industrial Relations Bill. From left to right: Peggy Ashcroft, Derek Nimmo, Ernest Clark, Edward Woodward, Robert Morley, Peggy Mount, Andrew Cruikshank, Ian McKellen; 12 January 1971
1971 HAMLET
With director Robert Chetwyn backstage, Rome, 25 May 1971 (birthday)
Photo by Tomasso Le Pera
1972 RULING THE ROOST
Backstage: Moira Redmond, Ian McKellen, Robin Ellis, John Moreno, Robert Eddison
Photo by Nigel Luckhurst
1974 'TIS PITY SHE'S A WHORE (Wimbledon)
Giovanni (Ian McKellen) and Annnabella (Paola Dionisotti)
Photo by Douglas Jeffrey
1974 DR FAUSTUS
Mephistophiles (Emrys James), Dr Faustus (Ian McKellen), and Charles V (Leon Tanner)
Photo by Donald Cooper
1974 DR FAUSTUS
Dr Faustus (Ian McKellen) with Duchess of Vanholt (Jean Gilpin)
Photo by Donald Cooper
1974 DR FAUSTUS
Mephistophiles (Emrys James), Duchess of Vanholt (Jean Gilpin), and Dr Faustus (Ian McKellen)
Photo by Donald Cooper
1974 DR FAUSTUS
Mephistophiles (Emrys James) and Dr Faustus (Ian McKellen): The fatal self-inflicted wounding which commits Faustuss soul
Photo by Donald Cooper
1974 DR FAUSTUS
Mephistophiles (Emrys James), Lechery (puppet) and Faustus (Ian McKellen)
Photo by Joe Cocks
1974 DR FAUSTUS
1974 THE MARQUIS OF KEITH
Confessions of a confidence man: morality catches up with the Marquis pleasure principle as the business men take over responsibility for the new building.
Photo by Philip Sayer
1974 THE MARQUIS OF KEITH
Ian McKellen (Marquis of Keith) with Sara Kestelman (Anna)
Photo by Philip Sayer
1974 THE MARQUIS OF KEITH
1974 THE MARQUIS OF KEITH
1974 THE MARQUIS OF KEITH
Marquis of Keith (Ian McKellen) and Ernst Scholz (Ian Richardson)
Photo by Nobby Clarke
1974 THE MARQUIS OF KEITH
Ian McKellen (Marquis of Keith) with Sara Kestelman (Anna)
Photo by Philip Sayer