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Shoe-Horn Sonata, The

  • John Misto
  • Full Length Play, Drama, Australian, 1990s
  • 2F
  • ISBN: 9780868194813

In 1945, Sheila and Bridie were freed from a Japanese prisoner-of-war camp. Now, after a half-century separation, the filming of a television documentary forces them to relive the past.

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Description

  • Full Length Play
  • Drama, Australian
  • 115 minutes

  • Time Period: 1990s
  • Target Audience: Teen (Age 14 - 18), Senior, Adult
  • Set Requirements: Bare Stage/Simple Set
  • Cautions: Mild Adult Themes

  • Performance Group:
  • Community Theatre, High School/Secondary, Professional Theatre, College Theatre / Student, Senior Theatre

  • Accolades:
  • Winner! Australia Remembers National Play Competition (1995)
    Winner! Play Award - NSW Premier's Literary Awards (1996)
In 1945 Sheila and Bridie were freed from a Japanese POW camp deep in the jungles of Sumatra where thousands of women and children had lived and died virtually forgotten by their own governments.

Now, after being separated for half a century, the filming of a television documentary forces them to relive the past and relive the past and confront the terrible secrets that even the Australian government has tried to erase from history.

The Shoe-Horn Sonata has been reprinted nineteen times and sold more than sixty thousand copies. It has had hundreds of performances throughout Australia and has also had seasons in London, Manchester, Czechoslovakia and Finland.
REVIEWS:

"John Misto's modern Australian classic is a story that must be told and retold."

 The Sydney Morning Herald

"It is truly a masterpiece by a sensitive and intuitive Australian playwright."

 The Daily Telegraph

"War-time reminiscences don't come any more affecting and moving than this. John Misto's playwriting combines an acutely sensitive humanity with an imagination that's out of the ordinary and a mischievous sense of humour."

 The Sun-Herald 

Premiere Production: The Shoe-Horn Sonata was first performed at the Ensemble Theatre on 3 August, 1995.

Characters

  • Casting: 2F
  • Casting Attributes: Strong Role for Leading Woman (Star Vehicle), All Female

  • BRIDIE
    SHEILA

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    In 1945 Sheila and Bridie were freed from a Japanese POW camp deeo in the jungles of Sumatra where thousands of women and children had lived and died virtually forgotten by their own governments. Now, after being separated for half a century, the filming of a television documentary forces them to relive the past, contact the present and question the future. Woven into their fifty years of separation are a shoe-horn and the threads of loyalty and love which form their 'uncommon bond'.

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