Free Men
Setting: Broken gates of concentration camp. Russian soldier greets small group of male prisoners.
Russian: I liberate you...!
Man: Liberate yourself!
Russian: Sorry?
Man: Good. A word we expect to hear a lot of in the days to come.
Russian: I...I liberate...
Man: We are free men. You cannot liberate us.
Russian: But you are prisoners.
Man: A house may have walls, doors, gates but I am still a free man…
ContinueAdded by Dean Scurlock on June 29, 2012 at 1:25 — 1 Comment
Discovery
Setting: bomb site, rubble, two German soldiers, a man’s corpse.
Hans: Any idea who it is?
Karl: Yes.
Hans: Well?!
Karl: Ok, it’s him. Hitler.
Hans: Dead? Oh...thank Christ for that!
Karl: How so?
Hans: Oh, come on Karl. You know how I feel about you. You feel the same.
Karl: We’d get shot for that!
Hans: Not anymore. He’s dead.
Karl: (laughs) you’re right. He is! (they both…
ContinueAdded by Dean Scurlock on June 29, 2012 at 1:00 — No Comments
The Wooden Spoon
Setting:
A room, door to stage left – in middle of room is a table and two chairs with arms, one placed either side of the table, facing the audience – on one chair is the slumbering Sally, sat awkwardly due to the shape of the chair – on the table is a glass/crystal vase containing a number of wooden spoons with numbers painted on their bowls – at Sally’s feet is a washing up bowl and a towel is draped across her…
ContinueAdded by Dean Scurlock on June 19, 2012 at 2:01 — 2 Comments
© 2024 Created by National Theatre Wales. Powered by