THESE were some of the young actors and actresses who took part in the 21st City of Oxford Youth Drama Festival.

Jane Tipler is pictured applying make-up to Carolyn Payne and other pupils from The Cherwell School in North Oxford before they performed Constance Cox’s The Caliph’s Minstrel, produced by teacher Jack Foster, in 1965.

Adjudicator Tony Butterfield, the county drama adviser, commended two of the actors, Paul Scarfe and Trevor Stevens.

Other groups at the festival included St Margaret’s Youth Club, New College Boys’ Club, Balliol Boys’ Club, Northway Youth Club and Oxford Youth Theatre.