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Literature
D. Mellor, Cecil Beaton, exhibition catalogue, Barbican Art Gallery, London, 1986, p.200, ill.p.201
Exhibited
The Barbican Art Gallery, London, Cecil Beaton, 16 May - 20 July 1986, no.K35
Our Betters is a comedy play written by Somerset Maugham. Set after WWI, it satirises the relationships between newly wealthy Americans and British high society. The play was first performed at the Nixon Theatre, New Jersey in 1917 before enjoying a long run in the West End from 1923. Ivor Novello returned the production to London in 1946, with Beaton being brought on to design the costumes.