Vocabulary
Peripheral
30 [A bland buzzing signal]
Sound Effects
1 [As curtain rises, we see a divided stage, only the center part of which is lighted and furnished as MRS. STEVENSON'S BEDROOM.
Setting
Full of extra or unnecessary decoration.
Fussy
22 FIRST MAN: Where are you now?
23 George: In a phone booth.
Dialogue
[sitting with headphones at small table]
Props
Always complaining or whining.
Querulous
1 A night-table close by, with phone, lighted lamp, and pill bottles.
Props
10 "He's working late tonight, and I'm all alone here in this house. My health is very poor, and I've been feeling so nervous all day
Exposition
Often fearful or unreasonably worried about something.
Neurotic
5 [A spotlight, left of side flat, picks up out of peripheral darkness, figure of 1st OPERATOR, sitting with headphones at small table. If spotlight not available, use flashlight, clicked on by 1st OPERATOR, illuminating her face.]
Acts & Scenes
George and Operator
Characters
Urgent; strongly drawing attention.
Imperious
4 MRS. Stevenson: [a querulous, self-centered neurotic]: Oh-dear! [Slams down receiver, dials OPERATOR.]
Stage Directions and Dialogue
1 [As curtain rises, we see a divided stage, only the center part of which is lighted and furnished as Mrs. Stevenson's bedroom.]
Acts & Scenes