John Misto's play 'The Shoe-Horn Sonata' is concerned with the incarceration of women and children while held captive in a prisoner of war camp by the Japanese. Misto uses this play not only to enlighten us to one of histories worst, yet least known, massacres but also to demonstrate the very essence of the human spirit, the will to survive. The play does this, not only through the dialogue of the text, but also through …showed first 75 words of 812 total…

…showed last 75 words of 812 total…our spirit the exterior side, meant for the public, and the interior side meant for only ourselves to see. In conclusion the play "The Shoe-Horn Sonata" is not only a text about the suffering of POW but is one which successfully evokes the very essence of the human spirit, especially the will to survive. It cleverly employs the use of dialogue, music, visual devices and uses the structure of the play to successfully achieve this.