Michael Goodliffe was an English actor who died in 1976. Some of his most interesting achievements were in Germany where he was held as a prisoner of war from 1940 to 1945.

Here you can find the fascinating tale and a lot of images of Goodliffe’s theatrical productions in several prison camps – the hardships, the daily battles and the joys of putting up show after show in the least promising of contexts…

And yet.

Art will blossom right where and when it is most needed, won’t it?