Avon Players, 'The Dark Lady of the Sonnets', Stafford,

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Date:February 1969

Description:Production of George Bernard Shaw's 'The Dark Lady of the Sonnets', produced by Frank Lloyd. The play was performed at the Blind Centre, North Walls and was also entered in the North Staffordshire Drama Association's One Act Play Festival and Tamworth Arts Festival.

The performers are, from left to right: Celia Leigh as Queen Elizabeth, Frank Lloyd as William Shakespeare and Eileen Mortimer as the Dark Lady.


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Source: Staffordshire Museum Service

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