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