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Police officers have to look their best, particularly when they are going to arrest a group of pirates.

So a touch of make-up is added to the cheek of one of them, as his colleagues look on.

The picture shows some of the cast who performed Pirates of Penzance at Peers School in Littlemore, Oxford, in 1973.

It was the first time that the school had tackled Gilbert and Sullivan.

The ambitious production of the popular 19th century operetta featured 70 teachers and pupils.

Performances took place for a whole week, with music provided by the Oxford Studio Orchestra.

Sixth-former Claire Riegan is seen powdering the cheek of teacher Anthony Baughan.

His police colleagues are, left to right, Jim McClue, Richard Day, George Murray, Tim Collier, Geoffrey Sweet and Bob Martin.

Pirates of Penzance was first performed at the Fifth Avenue Theatre in New York in 1879.

It was one of a series of operettas on which William Gilbert, the lyricist, and Arthur Sullivan, the composer, collaborated from 1871.

Their long run of success reached its climax with The Gondoliers in 1889.

Although they quarrelled and parted company, they came together to produce further works in 1893 and 1896.

Does anyone remember the production at Peers? And where are the cast members now?