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Picture No 10934149
Date 1915
Description A Concert behind the Lines by Fortunino Matania
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Somewhere in France - a concert behind the lines. A concert troupe or divisional entertainment company often made up of a mix of professional and amateur actors, entertaining Allied troops on the Western Front. Here the entertainers are dressed convincingly in drag. There were a number of troupes including the Whizzbangs, the Verey Lights and The Duds.
Source Painting by Fortunino Matania reproduced in The Sphere, 29 November 1915
Credit © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans
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