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Lädt ... Stars in Battledressvon Bill Pertwee
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'Stars in Battledress', as the army entertainers were known, was a flying squad of artistes that included Charlie Chester, Spike Milligan & Harry Secombe. In this book, Bill Pertwee recounts how shows were put on in the theatres of war & for some POW camps around the world. Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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Google Books — Lädt ... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)940.531610922History and Geography Europe Europe 1918- World War II Social, political, economic history; HolocaustBewertungDurchschnitt:
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I have often pondered the reasons behind the amazing number, and quality, of comedians coming from this period and Bill Pertwee gives the best answer that I have, so far, come across. Bill points out that war consists of periods of intense action lost in great oceans of boredom. The powers that be were aware of this and encouraged the setting up of concert parties, etc. to entertain the troops and prevent disaffection.
This book is filled with potted biographies of the famous (Spike Milligan, Ian Carmichael, Janet Brown, Jimmy Perry - to name but a few) and also the stars who have been forgotten and the behind the scenes men, without whom these shows could not function. Over the years, a fallacy has grown up as to the easy time that these skivers had: not so. These parties were often sent close to the front and took tremendous risks.
Bill Pertwee's timing was excellent: many of these chaps were still alive and willing to talk to a fellow pro. This book could not be written now - and thank goodness that Bill did so and at the right time! ( )