Greenwich Theatre has been helping with News Shopper’s 50th birthday celebrations by flicking through its archives to relive some of its greatest shows.

But will you recognise the star names who have appeared over the years? Answers at the bottom.

Let’s start off with an easy one, these women lived the good life in the 1970s but shortly before then they both starred in a play called Table Manners

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He acted the living daylights out of a play called The Vortex in 1975, leaving Greenwich audiences shaken but not stirred.

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A vintage musical hall legend and Blofeld’s daughter starred together in 1974

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One was the on-screen wife of Marlon Brando in a classic superhero and the other became a Labour MP but here they're maids.

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A trio of powerhouse of great female actors: One was married to a great actor, another won his award and the third had a devil baby.

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Only a fool would fail to recognise this plonker

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Renowned for his Shakespearean work, his latest movie is in cinemas now and if you don’t guess right he’ll turn into a pumpkin at midnight

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This actor got his big break in Greenwich in 1981 and he was at your best friend’s wedding.

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ANSWERS:
Penelope Keith and Felicity Kendall in Table Manners, 1974

Timothy Dalton with Vivien Merchant in The Vortex in 1975

Max Wall and Angela Pleasance (film star and daughter of Donald) in The Entertainer in 1974

Susannah York and Glenda Jackson in The Maids in 1974

Joan Plowright (married to Laurence Olivier 1961 to 1989), Gwen Watford (won an Best Actress Olivier Award in 1982) and Hollywood actress Mia Farrow (who starred in the horror classic Rosemary’s Baby)

Nicholas Lyndhurst in Harding’s Luck in 1974

Kenneth Branagh in Francis in 1983

Rupert Everett in Another Country in 1981