William Roache

William Roache wearing a mini dress for John Bowen's play, 'The Disorderly Women,' at the Stables Theatre Club in London, England on 3rd November 1970. William Roache, who plays Ken Barlow, the schoolteacher in Coronation Street, searched the better women's dress shops recently for a mini dress but had no luck because as he says 'London shops have gone almost midi and maxi and the few minis still left aren't frilly enough'. So with the help of his wife, actress Anna Cropper he bought a mini costing 17 guineas and cut it 'up' to size. He needs this mini for a scene in a new stage play called 'Disorderly Women'. He plays Pentheus, a King with a problem. The women of his kingdom are lured by unseen force into the mountains. Any woman who goes to investigate stays there, so Pentheus is persuaded to dress himself up as a woman and go into the mountains to find out whats happening, 3rd November 1970. (Photo by Charlie Ley/Mirrorpix/Getty Images)