We were in trouble...for the ballet Esther. An enthusiastic audience packed the main hall of St Stephen's College on a Saturday evening. The music was excellent and the dancing, considering the circumstances, was first-rate. The ((Japanese)) authorities, however, were strongly critical of the costumes, which had been made from mosquito nets dipped in solutions of mercurochrome and gentian blue from the hospital dispensary. Perhaps our enthusiasm had taken us a little beyond the realm of prudence, but the show was a huge success.
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Jean Gittins, Stanley: Behind Barbed Wire, 1982, 115
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