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New Zealand. Army. NZEF. Samoa. (NZ) Expeditionary Force :Saturday and Monday 28 & 30 Nov. 1914. The Battery Barn Stormers. [Programme of variety concert]. L.M.S. Press [Apia. 1914]
- Date
- 1914
- By
- London Missionary Society
- Reference
- Eph-A-WAR-WI-1914-06
- Description
Programme for a variety concert probably held in Apia, featuring performers of the Samoa Expeditionary Force, including Pvt L P Leary, Gunner G M Silver, Pvt G P Hanna, Gunner C Freyberg, Pvt Cliff Baker, and others (Chapman, Robert Vial, Neill, Wickson, Bark, Wakelin, Watson, Pierard, Orman, Kirby, Smith, Turnbull, Dodgson, Walker, Jesson, Saxon, Pearce, Griffin, Thompson, John Fuller, A E Sodder, Cole). Part 1 was a miscellany of song, recitation and dance, and Part 2 was a three-act farce titled: "The snaring of Samoa", or "Don't kill the lizard". The cast is listed as is a synopsis of scenery (the setting is Apia, Samoa)
The back cover shows a hand-drawn caricature of a German, possibly Kaiser Bill.
Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s).
Physical Description: Letterpress on green paper, folded to 211 x 136 mm.
Provenance: Purchased from J R Mowbray, Wellington, auction, 12 March 2013, lot 3450. previously from the Startup collection.
- Access restrictions
- No access restrictions
- Part of
- [Ephemera relating to World War I. 1914. Folder 1]
- Format
- 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s), Ephemera, Letterpress works, Theatre programmes, Caricatures, Letterpress on green paper, folded to 211 x 136 mm.
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