Lisle, John, Letter, 10 July [1944]

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Description: 
Letter to his family

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Case Study: 
Life as a Prisoner of War: The John Lisle Letters
Creator: 
Lisle, John
Source: 
letter
Date: 
10 July [1944]
Place: Germany
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Contributer: 
McMaster University Libraries
Rights: 
Copyright, public domain: McMaster University owns the rights to the archival copy of the digital image in TIFF format.

Identifier: 
00000415
Language: 
eng
Type: 
image
Format: 
jpg
Transcript: 

July 10th
Dear All, Please convey my Sympathies to Lisle Munday [?] & Co on losing Mr Woodfield—saw Arsenic & Old Lace Sunday night at our “Little Theatre” quite a good show & boy oh boy the leading Lady was a smasher—he is quite a good actor—There is one thing here and that is that although we only manage to put on about 1 show a month it can be guaranteed that they are absolutely 1st class. When I say first class I mean that they are literally as good as some London shows & that is no exaggeration Pre-war Professional Artists — Carpenters — Actors — Producers etc. are the main core of the our Theatrical Company. It is surprising the amount of talent there is to be found in a camp like this—our American pals in the next compound had a sports day on the 4th June I think it was—and they have a chap there who found he could run—they claim in one of the races that he beat the world's record. Of course it will be unofficial but anyway, a new find for their next “Olympic Games”— Have been playing "Soft Ball" & like it very much.
All my Love
John