1964 A SCENT OF FLOWERS
Cartoon: by Hewison in Punch Magazine: Jennifer Hilary (Zoe) and Ian McKellen (Godfrey) - I bought the original drawing which accompanied the Punch review, starting a collection of Hewison’s work which I discontinued a decade or so later. Enlarge
Sketch by Hewison
1965 ARMSTRONG'S LAST GOODNIGHT
Ian McKellen as ''A Protestant Evangelist'' drawn backstage at Chichester Festival Theatre by Edward Petherbridge who was also in the cast. Enlarge
Sketch by Edward Petherbridge
1966 THEIR VERY OWN AND GOLDEN CITY
Cartoon by Quentin Blake in Punch. This drawing, now in the possession of my sister Jean, amuses us both because the older figure reminds us of our paternal grandfather in his later years. Enlarge
Sketch by Quentin Blake
1967 THE PROMISE (1967)
Cartoon from Punch by Hewison: Judi Dench (in Act 3 costume), Ian McKellen (Act 2), and Ian McShane (Act I) Enlarge
Sketch by Hewison
1968 THE WHITE LIARS / BLACK COMEDY
From Punch by Hewison: Angela Scoular, Ian McKellen,(Harold Gorringe) and James Bolam in the dark in Black Comedy. Enlarge
Sketch by Hewison
1968 RICHARD II
Timothy Goodchild’s costume design for Richard II’s heavy ceremonial gown, glittered with gold paint, golden thread and some metallic milk-bottle tops. Enlarge
Sketch by Tim Goodchild
1969
Unpublished drawing by Donald Green: Timothy West (Bolingbroke), Robert Eddison (as his uncle York) with Ian McKellen as King Richard Enlarge
Sketch by Donald Green
1969 EDWARD II
Ian McKellen rehearsing as Edward II onstage at Assembly Hall, Edinburgh with Timothy West (Young Mortimer). (Note the flowered shirt and generous tie-knot of the period.) Enlarge
1971 HAMLET
Hewison’s cartoon for Punch (18 August 1971): James Cairncross (First Gravedigger) with Ian McKellen (Hamlet) and Yorick’s skull Enlarge
Sketch by Hewison
1971 HAMLET
Michael Annals gave me this design for Hamlet’s Act One costume on the first night. Enlarge
Sketch by Michael Annals
Derek Jacobi (Moon) rehearsing on stage of Phoenix Theatre Leicester and director Ian McKellen with Peter Laird (Inspector Hound Enlarge
1974 DR FAUSTUS
Hewison’s cartoon in Punch: Dr. Faustus holding hand puppets of Good and Bad Angels (Ian McKellen) with Mephistophiles (Emrys James) Enlarge
Sketch by Hewison
1974 DR FAUSTUS
Sketched at Edinburgh Festival. Ian McKellen (Dr. Faustus with Bad and Good Angels) Enlarge
1974 THE MARQUIS OF KEITH
Hewison’s cartoon for Punch (9 November 1974): Ian Richardson (Ernst Scholz), Ian McKellen (The Marquis of Keith), Sara Kestelman (Mona) Enlarge
Sketch by Hewison
1975 TOO TRUE TO BE GOOD
Hewison’s cartoon for Punch (23 October 1975): Joe Melia (Sergeant Fielding), Judi Dench (The Nurse), Ian McKellen (Aubrey) at the play’s climax Enlarge
Sketch by Hewison
1976 THE WINTER'S TALE
Hewison’s cartoon for Punch (23 June 1976): Ian McKellen (King Leontes lamenting his wife’s death in Act 5), Barbara Leigh Hunt (Paulina presenting the new-born Perdita in Act 3), Michael Williams (flashing as Autolycus in Act 4) Enlarge
Sketch by Hewison
1977 THE ALCHEMIST
Hewsion’s cartoon: Ian McKellen (Face in disguise as the alchemist’s apprentice) Enlarge
Sketch by Hewison
Hewison’s cartoon for Punch (1 August 1977): Ian McKellen (Karsten Bernick) and Mike Gwilym (Johann Tonneson) Enlarge
Sketch by Hewison
1979 BENT (1979)
Hewsion’s cartoon in Punch (23 May 1979): Tom Bell (Horst), Ian McKellen (Max) labouring at Dachau. This is a rare example of Hewison’s commenting on a play directly in words rather than in images. Enlarge
Sketch by Hewison
1984 VENICE PRESERV'D or A Plot Discovered
Javier (Michael Pennington) and Pierre (Ian McKellen) Enlarge
Sketch by Hewison
1984 WILD HONEY
Clive Francis’s caricature of Ian McKellen (Platonov Act 3) sold as a postcard at Royal National Theatre bookshop Enlarge
Sketch by Clive Francis
