Dean Scurlock's Blog – June 2012 Archive (3)

Free Men

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…

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Added by Dean Scurlock on June 29, 2012 at 1:25 — 1 Comment

Discovery

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…

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Added by Dean Scurlock on June 29, 2012 at 1:00 — No Comments

The Wooden Spoon

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…

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Added by Dean Scurlock on June 19, 2012 at 2:01 — 2 Comments

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