In 2009 around 10,000 young people from 500 schools across the United Kingdom performed their own versions of Shakespeare plays in 67 theatres. In Preston students took to the stage at the Charter Theatre, watched by family and friends. Can you spot any familiar faces on stage or in the audience? READ MORE: Big night out in Preston. IN CASE YOU MISSED IT: Haunting pictures of St Joseph’s Orphanage
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Fulwood Academy in their performance of King Lear during the Shakespeare for Schools Festival at the Charter Theatre Photo: Neil Cross
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More happy audience members - Bethany Thomlinson and Molly Shaw with Steven, Nichola and Maddy Hamilton - ready for the Shakespeare for Schools Festival at Preston's Charter Theatre Photo: Neil Cross
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It's Fulwood Academy again with King Lear, on stage at the Charter Theatre in Preston, for the Shakespeare for Schools Festival Photo: Neil Cross
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Could this trio be the three witches? As Walton-le-Dale High School perform Hamlet at the Shakespeare for Schools Festival in Preston Photo: Neil Cross