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· NO photographs exist of the women in the prison camps but a wide variety of other images appear on screen as a background to the dialogue. These include: - Photographs taken of male P.O.Ws when they were liberated - Photographs of nurses arriving in Sing and song and instrumental music. · Music is a strong presence in the play adding variety and emotional subtext to many of the play’s scenes. It also places them in their historical contexts and on some occasions suggests the irony of the situations the two women faced.
· NO photographs exist of the women in the prison camps but a wide variety of other images appear on screen as a background to the dialogue. These include: - Photographs taken of male P.O.Ws when they were liberated - Photographs of nurses arriving in Singapore from Belalau - Contrasting images of Singapore: the confident, imperial city before its fall, and the bombed and burning city afterwards. · These images add credibility to the script as the central situation Misto sets up is the making of a television documentary. · Voice-over is used for the only other speaking role in the play, Rick, the interviewer and his voice adds variety to the sound and texture of the play. · The problem of how to make a play about suffering, cruelty, deprivation and death bearable for a modern audience is dealt with by using: - Humor to lighten some scenes. We see this when the Prime Ministers message finally reaches the Australian nurses in Scene , “Keep smiling!”, to which they break into helpless laughter at
· NO photographs exist of the women in the prison camps but a wide variety of other images appear on screen as a background to the dialogue. These include: - Photographs taken of male P.O.Ws when they were liberated - Photographs of nurses arriving in Sing and song and instrumental music. · Music is a strong presence in the play adding variety and emotional subtext to many of the play’s scenes. It also places them in their historical contexts and on some occasions suggests the irony of the situations the two women faced.
· NO photographs exist of the women in the prison camps but a wide variety of other images appear on screen as a background to the dialogue. These include: - Photographs taken of male P.O.Ws when they were liberated - Photographs of nurses arriving in Singapore from Belalau - Contrasting images of Singapore: the confident, imperial city before its fall, and the bombed and burning city afterwards. · These images add credibility to the script as the central situation Misto sets up is the making of a television documentary. · Voice-over is used for the only other speaking role in the play, Rick, the interviewer and his voice adds variety to the sound and texture of the play. · The problem of how to make a play about suffering, cruelty, deprivation and death bearable for a modern audience is dealt with by using: - Humor to lighten some scenes. We see this when the Prime Ministers message finally reaches the Australian nurses in Scene , “Keep smiling!”, to which they break into helpless laughter at