Item 15: Die selige Exzellenz

Accession Number PUBS002/007/002/001/015
Collection number Souvenirs 2 7/2/1/15
Collection type Published Collection
Record type Item
Item count 1
Measurement Overall: 15.3 x 9.8cm
Object type Souvenir
Maker Unknown
Place made Australia: New South Wales, Trial Bay
Date made 1917
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copying Provisions Copyright expired. Copying permitted subject to physical condition. Permission for reproduction not required., Digital format and content protected by copyright.
Description

Souvenir playbill produced during the First World War. This photographic copy of a playbill, written in German, is for a comedy in three acts entitled 'Die selige Exzellenz [The Blessed Excellence]' and was written by R. Fresber and L. Stein. The performance was held at Deutsches Theatre in Trial Bay Interrment camp between 10 and 11 September 1917. The playbill is illustrated with a ghostly apparition weighed down by a ball and chain making its way towards an open prison door.

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