The Midwives


SCENE ONE: THE MIDWIVES

CROWD: Shiphrah, Puah! Shiphrah, Puah!

PERSON: Shiphrah? Puah? What kind of names are those? Who are they?

CROWD: Good question!

LEADER! Who are they? (Hebrew midwives)

PERSON: Why are you cheering for them?

CROWD: Who knows?

LEADER: Who knows? (Because they wouldn’t kill the first-born male children of the Hebrews)

Read the full play