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- Is Part Of is exactly " Royal Air Force ex-Prisoner of War Association. Ley Kenyon's Artwork"
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Back Stage
Six actors waiting back stage. Three men are dressed as women. Part of a show's musical running order is written on the wall behind them.
Behind the Curtain
Stagehands at work. Two dancers are on the stage. A man at the top of a ladder is working on the stage flats and others are painting.
Carpenter's Shop
Seven men at work making props. Two men are working on a dresser. A Red Cross crate is in the foreground.
Decor
Stagehands preparing the set. One man is at the top of a ladder by the proscenium arch. The backdrop is a city scape with high rise buildings.
Dress Rehearsal
Actors on the stage being watched by an orchestra in their pit and a handful of spectators. Several actors are at a table while two Royal characters are on a raised area.
Foreword to Ley Kenyon's Artwork
Kenneth MacKintosh describes the camp theatre and its many productions. He praises Ley Kenyon's drawings. All this was interrupted by the start of the Long March.
Lighting Plot
Control room for the stage lighting, looking down at the stage. Two actors are on stage while stage hands move a piece of furniture.
Make Up
A scene in the dressing room. Actors are reading their lines while others get changed and have makeup applied. Four men and preparing to play women's roles.
Melodrama
A play being performed with three actors. The orchestra are in their pit and a couple of spectators are watching. A picture on the back of stage reads 'Home Sweet Home'. There is a stage villain and two prisoners of war dressed as women characters.
Musical Comedy
A scene from a musical comedy viewed from the wings. Musicians including a guitarist and saxophonist are playing while a man dressed as a woman dances.
Off Right
A view of the stage from the wings. Two actors are on the stage and a third, a waiter, is bringing a tray with a drinks.
Prisoners marching through the Camp Gate
A group of prisoners marching through the camp gates, passed a sentry box and watched by guards.
Prompt Side
The theatre's wings with an actor and two stage hands.
Still Life
Props stored at the theatre. There is a bust, stage flats and pieces of furniture.
The Theatre
A view of the hut used as a theatre. Two trees are in the foreground
The Theatre Stalag Luft III Sagan
A partly coloured sketch of a theatrical group with a caption September 1st 1943 to January 27th 1945. Character include a man in a wheelchair, and two men dressed as women.
Washing Down
Stage hands preparing scenery. The stage door is open to the outside camp and two men are carrying a stage flat. More scenery is against the back drop at the back of the stage.