As it's #LoveTheatreDay let's break out some old editions of Plays and Players!

"Two households, both alike in dignity..." Image
Peter O'Toole & Peggy Ashcroft in The Taming Of The Shrew. Plays And Players, September 1960 #LoveTheatreDay Image
Gordon Chater in The Elocution of Benjamin Franklin. Plays and Players, April 1978. #LoveTheatreDay Image
Roger Allam & Harriet Walter in Twelth Night. Plays and Players, September 1987. Image
Tom Courtenay as Andy Capp. Plays and Players, October 1982. #LoveTheatreDay Image
The first rule of theatre: try and wear flats if you possibly can...

Denis Quilley in Privates on Parade. Plays and Players, April 1977. #LoveTheatreDay Image
John Hurt in Belcher's Luck. Plays and Players, January 1967. #LoveTheatreDay Image
Mona Washbourne and Kenneth More in Getting On. Plays and Players, December 1971. #LoveTheatreDay Image
Derek Jacobi & Eileen Atkins in The Lady's Not For Burning. Plays and Players, September 1978. #LoveTheatreDay Image
The Donald!

Donald Sinden. Plays and Players, September 1985. #LoveTheatreDay Image
Helen Mirren in The Seagull. Plays and Players, January 1976. #LoveTheatreDay Image
Jeremy Irons in A Winters Tale. Plays and Players, May 1986. #LoveTheatreDay Image
Diana Rigg in Phaedra Britannica. Plays and Players, November 1975. #LoveTheatreDay Image
Patrick Stewart in A Midsummer Night's Dream. Plays and Players, July 1977. #LoveTheatreDay Image
More theatrics another time. Players gonna play! #LoveTheatreDay Image

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