| Evidence: | 'At 8pm, there is a very good St George's Day concert by D-Block. They read extracts from the works of Shakespeare, Rupert Brooke and Kipling, as well as Noel Coward's "Cavalcade". It is very inspiring; it ends with "God Save The King".' |
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| Century: | 1900-1945 | ||||||||||
| Date: | 23 Apr 1942 | ||||||||||
| Country: | Malaysia | ||||||||||
| Time: | evening | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: Singapore specific address: Changi other location: prisoner of war camp |
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| Reading Group: | prisoners of war |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | n/a |
| Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
| Occupation: | internees, formerly Colonial Service |
| Religion: | n/a |
| Country of origin: | England |
| Country of experience: | Malaysia |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | Noel Coward |
| Title: | Cavalcade |
| Genre: | Drama |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | reading group |
| Record ID: | 25263 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Tom Kitching | |
| Editor: | n/a | |
| Title: | Life and Death in Changi | |
| Place of Publication: | Perth | |
| Date of Publication: | 1998 | |
| Vol: | n/a | |
| Page: | 83 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Tom Kitching, Life and Death in Changi (Perth, 1998), p. 83, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=25263, accessed: 10 June 2023 | |
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