• Overview
• Staging information
• Translations
• Sample translations
• Production history

Scene

This is a three-act play.

Staging

Opening stage directions for Act One, translated by Kate Eaton:

‘The setting for the drama is a boudoir complete with dressing table, full length mirror and clothes rail with dresses and dress and

Boudoir, Audience left: Dressing table with stool, full length mirror, and rail with dresses, dress-boxes and hat-boxes piled up. Upstage door leading to the bathroom.

Audience right: sitting room area of boudoir.  Sofa, two armchairs, coffee-table with flowers, rug, marble mantelpiece.  It is nightime, present day (1957).’

Flora is wearing a wedding dress.  Other significant props during the first act are a bow, perfume bottles, a bra and a false set of teeth.

During the second act, candles are lit on the mantelpiece .  The general lighting for the stage is faded violet. (less)

Opening stage directions for Act One, translated by Kate Eaton:

‘The setting for the drama is a boudoir complete with dressing table, full length mirror and clothes rail with dresses an... (Read more...)

Cast number

Minimum	Maximum
2 males	2 males
4 females	4 females
6 (total)	6 (total)

Characters

FLORA

LUIS

JULIA

SERVANT

ALBERTO

SOLICITOR

Entry written by Gwendolen Mackeith. Last updated on 18 June 2012.

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