Unwilling Guests. [Book with three loosely inserted, signed POW Theatre-Programmes from german POW-Camp Weinsberg / Germany in August 1944 / The Theatre Plays were put on by four Prisoners of War from New Zealand listing the cast with signatures by nearly all POW who took part in the Plays]

Language: English

Published by Wellington, New Zealand, A. H. and A. W. Reed, 1945

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Seller: Inanna Rare Books Ltd., Skibbereen, Cork, IrelandInanna Rare Books Ltd.

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First Edition. 12 x 19cm. 180 pages with 5 illustrations. Map of Italy on pastedowns. Original Hardcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Includes loosely inserted three programmes for Empire Theatre Productions 1944, Oflag V-A music for Christmas Day and hand written list of German rations for the Prisoners of War per week per man at OFLAG Weinsberg 1945. The programmes all signed by the cast. Very rare documents of POW (New Zealand Prisoners of War in Germany) with Plays reenacted from Playwrights Evadne Price and Ken Attiwell [sic / meaning Australian journalist and playwright Ken Attiwill] (Play called "Once a Crook" / Play by John Money - "Nephew in Waiting" / Play by Moss Hart & George S. Kaufman - "You can't take it with you" - Produced and signed by Jimmy Taylor / Including "A Choral and Orchestral Concert on 31 Oct. 44" // Includes for example chapters on the following: Prisoner of War, Transit Camp, White Christmas, Camp 38, The Science of Escape, Dictator Dismissed, Free, Country Life, Sangro Valley, etc. …

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Title
Unwilling Guests. [Book with three loosely inserted, signed POW Theatre-Programmes from german POW-Camp Weinsberg / Germany in August 1944 / The Theatre Plays were put on by four Prisoners of War from New Zealand listing the cast with signatures by nearly all POW who took part in the Plays]
Author
[New Zealand POW] Gerrard, J. D. / POW: John Money / Jimmy Taylor / Evadne Price / Ken Attiwell [Empire Productions]
Publisher
Wellington, New Zealand, A. H. and A. W. Reed
Publication year
1945
Condition
Wie neu
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Signed by Author(s)
Binding
Hardcover
Language
English
Edition
1st Edition
Item weight
1,200 grams
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Inanna Rare Books Ltd.

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