“Jacob’s Shoe”
Hosking, Sandra K. (aka Sandra Kay Hosking, American playwright, teacher, journalist, 1969-____), “Jacob’s Shoe,”
a 10-minute drama, set in a Nazi labor camp, WWII, day,
1m3f
; • © 2002; • in Sandra K. Hosking’s Jacob’s Shoe (Newman Lake, Washington, U.S.A.: Author, 2001); • script/rights available from Sandra K. Hosking, 5819 North Vincent Road, Newman Lake, Washington 99025, U.S.A., telephone (home) 509-226-2133, e-mail sandykayz@cs.com, www.geocities.com/sandykayz. • Cited by Sandra K. Hosking via ftp March 26, 2002; Hosking says,
§ Dramatis Personae Guard (m), 22, a Nazi; Eve (f), 32, a prisoner, kapo; Rachel (f), 23, a new prisoner; Sarah (f), 24, a prisoner.
§ Synopsis “Rachel arrives at a Nazi labor campwhere she is instructed to sort shoes. She discovers her husband’s shoe in her pile. She wonders where he is and realizes that this is a much more dangerous place than she has expected.
§ Comment Sandra Hosking is director of education at Spokane Civic Theatre where she also has stage managed and acted in many productions. She a reporter at the Journal of Business newspaper, in Spokane, Washington, U.S.A.
§ Themes Holocaust, husband-wife relationship, kapo, marriage, Nazi Germany, Nazi labor camp, shoe, World War II.
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"Detours,"
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"The Fast Track,"
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"Fortune's Fool,"
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"Jessica's Last Day,"
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"Object Lesson,"
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"Romeo & Juliet: Part II,"
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"Scribbledoodle,"
a 20-minute absurd comedy in English, set in a room in a house, any time of day, 2000, 1m3f
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"Sexy Greenspan,"
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"Twilight Nutcracker,"
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