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| Picture No | 11939969 |
| Date | 1944 |
| Description | P.O.W. Camp stages Noel Coward play Post Mortem 1944 |
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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.
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| Source | The Sketch, 22nd March 1944 |
| Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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