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Description
This publication of Chapter 9 and 10 is a trial for the forthcoming presentation of the complete work online. Once the formatting is completed for the online presentation, additional chapters will be posted as they become available. We hope to have the complete work published online by 2013. The book tells the story of how music and theatre helped the 61,000 POWs who were sent to these camps survive their ordeal. It is a story that is not well-known to history and it is now being recovered. It is a story about how music and theatre and the other arts are absolutely essential to a society's life. Sears A. Eldredge is Professor Emeritus, Theater and Dance Department, Macalester College. Copyright is owned by author of this document. Copyright 2011 Sears A. Eldredge.
While every effort has been made to contact copyright owners for the material used in this book, the author will be glad to rectify any errors or omissions brought to his attention. Please contact the Macalester College Library with any questions or concerns: email: library@macalester.edu, or telephone 651-696-6346.
Publication Date
1-31-2011
Keywords
Burma-Thai Railway, Thailand-Burma Railway, POWs, World War II, Music, Theatre, Theater, Performances, Camps, South East Asia, Survival
Recommended Citation
Eldredge, Sears A., "Captive Audiences/Captive Performers: Music and Theatre as Strategies for Survival on the Thailand-Burma Railway 1942-1945" (2011). Books. Book 1.
http://digitalcommons.macalester.edu/thdabooks/1
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About the Book
Please see this accompanying Online Special Collections page for more information about the book and to watch a video interview with Sears A. Eldredge.
The cover illustration is a detail from Jack Chalker's watercolor of the Chungkai Theatre in 1944. Courtesy of Jack Chalker.
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