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The Shoe-Horn Sonata
John Misto
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John Misto
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In 1945, Sheila and Bridie were freed from a Japanese prisoner-of-war camp. Now, after a half-century apart, the filming of a television documentary forces them to relive the past.
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ThéùtreACT ONE
SCENE ONE
Darkness. Out of the silence comes the voice of BRIDIE.
BRIDIE | [raising her hands, clapping them twice sternly] When the guard cries out âKeirei!â â the female stands at complete attention, then bends her upper-body â so. BRIDIE stands in a spotlight. She bows stiffly from the waist, and remains in this position. This kowtow is a tribute to the Emperor of Japan. Any bow thatâs less than perfect is a blasphemy against him ⊠When the guard calls out âNaore!â â the female straightens up again, without ever looking her master in the eye. BRIDIE tries to straighten up, but her back is a little sore from this demonstration. An âOn-Airâ sign becomes apparent. [less formally] Theyâd make us stand like that for hours â in the afternoon sun â in the middle of the jungle. Iâd stare at the dirt and ask myself why Iâd ever left Chatswood in the first place. |
M. VOICE | And why did you? |
BRIDIE | I guess I ⊠wanted to be like my Dad. Heâd been a soldier. Fought in Egypt. He didnât want me to enlist but I could tell that he was proud. The day I left for overseas, he gave me a present â [Pulling a face.] â a shoe-horn of all things! He cleared his throat, looked downwards and said â [BRIDIE puts her hands behind her back, and looks at the ground.] âThere are three things every young soldier should know. Always use a shoe-horn [Holding up an imaginary shoe-horn.] â itâll make your boots last longer. Donât sit on a toilet till youâve lined the seat with paper. [Awkwardly and rapidly.] And never kiss a Pommie on the lips.â [Fondly.] Mum said he cried when my ship sailed off ⊠Iâd never been out of Australia before. Iâd never been further than Woy Woy. But I didnât have time to be homesick. As soon as we arrived we set up an army hospital â just north of Singapore. Johore Bahru â it wasnât like Sydney â thatâs for sure. There were chooks on the footpath â monkeys in the trees â and the smell of fish-oil everywhere. Sometimes weâd go dancing â all us nurses. It was hard to believe we were on the brink of war. Sound: âFall in Brotherâ â a popular marching song of the period. On the screen behind BRIDIE are projected several 1940 posters for the Womenâs Army. These are followed by photographs of the Australian army nurses disembarking in Singapore. They look excited and quite happy. BRIDIE sits in front of the screen. We realise she is sitting in a television studio where she is being interviewed for a documentary. There is a small table, with water, beside her. |
BRIDIE | I remember I asked an Englishman once â a captain with a huge moustache â how dangerous the Japanese really were. âMy dear,â he said. âThey have slanty eyes. If they canât see properly, how can they shoot?â No one ever thought the Japs would get within coo-ee of us. So the English didnât bother to fortify the shore-lines. They said barbed wire would only spoil their beaches. They d... |