British prisoners of war, one in drag, posing for "The Timbertown Follies", at a prisoner of war camp in Groningen. Process print, 191-.

Date:
[between 1910 and 1919?]
Reference:
2044126i
Part of:
The James Gardiner Collection.
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view British prisoners of war, one in drag, posing for "The Timbertown Follies", at a prisoner of war camp in Groningen. Process print, 191-.

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British prisoners of war, one in drag, posing for "The Timbertown Follies", at a prisoner of war camp in Groningen. Process print, 191-. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Description

Molly Morgan, drag star of the Timbertown Follies, performing a Pierrot number: he sits on top of a piano, wearing a white dress, surrounded by men dressed as pierrots

One of the many revues staged by some of the 1,500 or so members of the First Royal Naval Brigade, interned as prisoners of war in the camp outside Groningen, northern Netherlands, from 1914 to 1918, which they nicknamed HMS Timbertown. As they were not involved in any conflict and were housed in reasonable comfort with time on their hands, they were able to stage some very elaborate and professional theatrical revues which became famous back in the UK. Their performances included pastiches of many of the revues and musical comedies produced in England at this time

Publication/Creation

[England] : [publisher not identified], [between 1910 and 1919?]

Physical description

1 print : process print ; 9.0 x 13.9 cm

Lettering

The Timbertown Follies (Interned in Holland)

Notes

This work is untitled: the title has been supplied by the cataloguer.

Reference

Wellcome Collection 2044126i

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  • Military, naval, and prisoner-of-war camp drag

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