Nottingham Playhouse, 1967
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The photograph on this page of Nottingham Playhouse, 1967 by John Sutton as part of the Geograph project.
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Nottingham Playhouse, 1967
Image: © John Sutton Taken: 15 Apr 1967
The Playhouse was designed by Peter Moro and opened in 1963. Previously the company had used a former cinema (still there http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/790013 ) on the corner of Goldsmith Street. If, like me, you were an A-level English student in the mid sixties, the Playhouse was the place to be: for three-and-six (17.5p), student members could see John Neville as Richard II, Judi Dench as St Joan and playing opposite Edward Woodward in "Private Lives", and a whole host of other wonderful things - one heck of an education, subsidised by an enlightened city council. This photo is taken across Wellington Circus and also shows what might have been Nottingham's first pavement cafe. A VW Beetle, a Ford Cortina and a Mini complete a real sixties scene. Compare this photograph with my 2009 picture http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1592180 .
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