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French or Belgian prisoners of war, some in drag, posing on stage during a crowded scene of "La dame aux camélias"; at Sennelager prisoner of war camp in Germany. Photographic postcard, 191-.

Théâtre de Senne-civil "La dame aux Camélias" 4e. acte

Download the full-sized image of French or Belgian prisoners of war, some in drag, posing on stage during a crowded scene of "La dame aux camélias"; at Sennelager prisoner of war camp in Germany. Photographic postcard, 191-.

Part of James Gardiner Collection: photographs of military, naval, and prisoner-of-war camp drag.

Several people are standing in conversation whilst some actors attend to a man in drag who has fainted to the left of the scene. This looks like an ambitious production of a play based on the 1848 novel by Alexandre Dumas fils. The character fainting is presumably Marguérite who collapses

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Item Information:

Identifier
t148fh35v
Collection
James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards
Institution
Wellcome Library
Date Issued
Jan. 1, 1918
Genre
Photographs
Prints
Topic(s)
Female impersonators
Prisoners of war
World War, 1914-1918
Resource Type
Still Image
Analog Format
1 photograph : photoprint ;
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