British servicemen in drag playing characters in a play. Photograph, ca. 1918.

Date:
[ca. 1918?]
Reference:
2043067i
Part of:
The James Gardiner Collection.
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British servicemen in drag playing characters in a play. Photograph, ca. 1918. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Description

Men in drag playing the Pasha and his wives. One in a series of seven photographs: Wellcome Library nos. 2043067i, 2043068i, 2043069i, 2043070i, 2043071i, 2043072i, 2043074i

Publication/Creation

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], [ca. 1918?]

Physical description

1 photographic postcard : albumen print ; 8.8 x 13.8 cm

Notes

The following description was provided by James Gardiner: "A British concert party somewhere in the Middle East towards the end of World War One. A crude ‘set’ has been erected on bare earth, with a central folding screen placed centrally within which are ‘enthroned’ one man in drag, and another wearing an Ottomon costume which one may assume represents the Turkish leader Mehmet Resat V and his fifth wife. Six further ‘wives’ are seated on the ground, and are attended by a belly dancer and servant holding a fan. Caption to verso ‘The Giddy Pasha and his wives . Also Martha’."
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Wellcome Collection 2043067i

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  • Military, naval, and prisoner-of-war camp drag

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