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Description: | The papers relate to two particular periods in John Casson's theatrical career: His imprisonment as a POW in Stalag Luft III and Casson's work at the Citizens' Theatre in Glasgow in the immediate post-war period. The papers from his imprisonment relate to performances in Stalag Luft III, where Casson was incarcerated for most of WWII. They include a booklet recording the astonishing number of productions produced by the POWs, as well as lecture notes for Casson's talks to his fellow inmates. The material from Casson's time in Glasgow include a group of letters from James Bridie, who was on the Citizens' board at that time. They relate to the choice and production of plays.
Archive reference number: THM/34. | Format: | Correspondence Production notes | Subjects: | Stalag Luft III Prisoner-of-war camps Theatre | Temporal: | 1939-1945 20th century | Source: | Backstage | Address: | Blythe House, 23 Blythe Road,
W14 0QX | Creator: | Bridie, James, 1888-1951 | Identifier: | THM-34 | Format: | Correspondence Production notes | Go to resource |
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