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y separately published work icon The Shoe-Horn Sonata single work   drama   - Two acts
Issue Details: First known date: 1995... 1995 The Shoe-Horn Sonata
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AbstractHistoryArchive Description

A two-hander based on the imprisonment of Australian nurses and female civilians in South East Asia by the Japanese during WWII.

Notes

  • Prize of $20,000 for the 'Australia Remembers' National Playwriting Competition, 1995 was donated to the Nurses National Memorial Committee.
  • Dedication: For the women who were there ...
  • Study guides available.

Production Details

  • First produced at the Ensemble Theatre, Kirribilli, 3 August 1995.

    Later produced in Perth and at the King's Head Theatre in London.

    Revived at the Ensemble Theatre, Kirribilli, 15 May - 28 May 2015 (twenty years after its initial production).

    Director: Sandra Bates.

    Cast: Sandra Bates and Lorraine Bayley.

    Designer: Anna Gardiner.

    Lighting Designer: Peter Neufeld.

Contents

* Contents derived from the Paddington, Kings Cross area, Inner Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales,:Currency Press , 1996 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
The Unacknowledged, Jan McCarthy , single work prose (p. [7]-10)
Scores to be Settled, Vera Harms , single work criticism (p. [11]-14)
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Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

First known date: 1995
    • Paddington, Kings Cross area, Inner Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales,: Currency Press , 1996 .
      image of person or book cover 3647715205447671892.jpg
      Image courtesy of publisher's website.
      Extent: 91p.
      Description: illus., ports
      Note/s:
      • 'Author's Note' p.[16].
      • Includes bibliographical references.
      ISBN: 0868194816 (pbk)
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Works about this Work

y separately published work icon HSC English : The Shoe-Horn Sonata Emily Bosco , Anthony Bosco , South Yarra : Macmillan Education Australia , 2015 9105374 2015 single work criticism
y separately published work icon The Shoe-horn Sonata : A Play by John Misto Angie Barillaro , Essendon North : Radiant Heart Publishing , 2011 9377943 2011 single work criticism
Untitled Elissa Blake , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: The Sun-Herald , 14 March 2010; (p. 20)
— Review of The Shoe-Horn Sonata John Misto , 1995 single work drama
y separately published work icon John Misto's The Shoe-horn Sonata Bruce Pattinson , Seven Hills : Five Senses Education , 2004 8029878 2004 single work criticism
The Testimonial Stage : Theatrical Presentations of the Prisoner of War, 1995 Julia Mant , 2000 single work criticism
— Appears in: Australasian Drama Studies , April no. 36 2000; (p. 89-104)
Untitled Elissa Blake , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: The Sun-Herald , 14 March 2010; (p. 20)
— Review of The Shoe-Horn Sonata John Misto , 1995 single work drama
Untitled Veronica Kelly , 1998 single work review
— Appears in: Australasian Drama Studies , April no. 32 1998; (p. 151-155)
— Review of The Shoe-Horn Sonata John Misto , 1995 single work drama ; Snapshots from Home Margery Forde , 1995 single work drama ; Long Gone Lonesome Cowgirls Philip Dean , 1996 single work drama
Untitled Lorena Param , 1997 single work review
— Appears in: Muse , April no. 160 1997; (p. 20-21)
— Review of The Shoe-Horn Sonata John Misto , 1995 single work drama
The Unacknowledged Jan McCarthy , 1996 single work prose
— Appears in: The Shoe-Horn Sonata 1996; (p. [7]-10)
Scores to be Settled Vera Harms , 1996 single work criticism
— Appears in: The Shoe-Horn Sonata 1996; (p. [11]-14)
Judging Drama Geoffrey Milne , 1996 single work criticism
— Appears in: Eureka Street , December vol. 6 no. 10 1996; (p. 45-46)
Breaking the Silence Kathryn Favelle , 1998 single work criticism
— Appears in: Muse , April no. 172 1998; (p. 4)
The Testimonial Stage : Theatrical Presentations of the Prisoner of War, 1995 Julia Mant , 2000 single work criticism
— Appears in: Australasian Drama Studies , April no. 36 2000; (p. 89-104)
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