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… between the two nationalities rather than the enmities of war. 7 The establishment of theatres and the associated performances were also an important distraction for the prisoners as well as a way of creating a sociable interface with local communities. In Kelso (Scotland), French officers held a performance of the Barber of Seville and, whilst paroled in Odiham, the French officer Baron de Bonnefoux witnessed the … us away from the sociabilities of those prisoners who were recorded setting up Masonic lodges or creating theatrical performances. 9 These intercepted letters give us a rare insight into the familial networks and private sociabilities of …
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