Actors performing at a prisoner of war camp in Münster. Photographic postcard. 1916.

Date:
[1916?]
Reference:
2043048i
Part of:
The James Gardiner Collection.
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Actors performing at a prisoner of war camp in Münster. Photographic postcard. 1916. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Description

Many characters, some in drag, are in a crowded scene within the detailed domestic stage set. The play is entitled 'Blanchette', possibly the play by Eugeǹe Brieux (1892), a serious didactic play about the benefits of education for girls of the working classes, and is being performed on a well-improvised set in the theatre at Münster prisoner of war camp, circa 1916. For another photograph of the same play see 2043045i.

Publication/Creation

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], [1916?]

Physical description

1 photographic postcard : silver gelatin print ; 8.9 x 13.6 cm

Notes

This work is untitled: the title has been supplied by the cataloguer.

Reference

Wellcome Collection 2043048i

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  • Military, naval, and prisoner-of-war camp drag

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