P.O.W. Camp stages Noel Coward play Post Mortem 1944
World premiere of Noel Coward's play Post Mortem performed by British prisoners of war in a German P.O.W. camp - Oflag VII.b - in Austria in 1944 during the Second World War. The action takes place in a dug-out in the First World War, in the mind of a dying soldier. Women's roles in the play were taken by male prisoners, including professional actor Brian McIrvine
Picture No
11939969
Media ID
46089862
Size
3800px x 5225px
(3.3MB)
Credit
© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans
Source
The Sketch, 22nd March 1944
Date
1944
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