MEG MARTIN: Blonde, medium height, curvaceous, with the unmistakable air of confused innocence trying to please. Worships her husband to the extent of following his erotic wishes even though they disturb her ingrained modesty and conventionality.
VINCE MARTIN: A traveling sales representative. Dynamic, strong, highly sex-oriented, he gets a lot of his jollies out of exhibiting his wife's charms, and is inclined to be somewhat voyeuristic.
CARL SCHMIDT: A salesman of leatherwear, promoter and despoiler of maidens.
TANYA DOFSTOY: Carl's young assistant. Dark, somewhat boyishly built, but with ample mammary development. Black hair, vivid coloring, very long lashes; moves like a cat. A sultry, sensuous creature who reeks of delicious evil.
CONRAD KLEIN: The oldest male; senior buyer for Slocum's West, fashion house.
WES RYDER: A younger buyer, learning the ropes from Conrad.
GREG PUTMAN: A milkman.
DON GELDER: A parcel-service carrier.
HOWIE LANE: A plumber.
FRANK DONOVAN: Vince Martin's supervisor.
NOTE: The four men in the third act may be played by the same actors as three in the first and second acts. DONOVAN, LANE and KLEIN may all be handled by one actor, GELDER and RYDER by another, and PUTMAN and SCHMIDT by the third.
SETTING: The play is set in a contemporary Kansas suburban home. All action occurs in either of two parts of the house: 1) the living-dining area or 2) the basement. The living-dining area set is entered from outside via a door in the center of the rear wall (or perhaps offset a little toward the dining area). There is an upholstered armchair some five or six feet downstage from this door, facing front in three-quarter position. At stage right, facing centerstage, its back to the end wall of the living room, is a couch with removable cushions. In front of this is a low, heavy coffee table with legs that ropes can be tied to. Left of the armchair, in the dining section, is a small table with four chairs, and left of it a substantial screen that projects from the rear wall into the room some eight feet. Behind the screen are a door to the offstage kitchen, and a buffet-type chest, downstage.
The basement has a similar physical layout, with a door corresponding to the upstairs front door, leading to the unseen stairway, a screen shielding the last few feet of up-left area from the view of the rest of the set, and a door behind the screen, leading to an unseen basement bathroom. Just right of the central door is a chest-high bar, set at a slight angle, so that the audience sees part of its end, as well as its full front. There are two or three bar stools with wooden rungs. Down right of the bar is a table with four chairs. In the rear wall, left of the central door, are heavy metal rings at appropriate locations--some at baseboard-level and some well above shoulder-level. Other rings at similar levels can be seen at the right of the bar, on the same wall. The basement's walls are of rough-finished concrete or concrete block. There is a telephone with a long cord sitting on one end of the bar.
VINCE MARTIN: A traveling sales representative. Dynamic, strong, highly sex-oriented, he gets a lot of his jollies out of exhibiting his wife's charms, and is inclined to be somewhat voyeuristic.
CARL SCHMIDT: A salesman of leatherwear, promoter and despoiler of maidens.
TANYA DOFSTOY: Carl's young assistant. Dark, somewhat boyishly built, but with ample mammary development. Black hair, vivid coloring, very long lashes; moves like a cat. A sultry, sensuous creature who reeks of delicious evil.
CONRAD KLEIN: The oldest male; senior buyer for Slocum's West, fashion house.
WES RYDER: A younger buyer, learning the ropes from Conrad.
GREG PUTMAN: A milkman.
DON GELDER: A parcel-service carrier.
HOWIE LANE: A plumber.
FRANK DONOVAN: Vince Martin's supervisor.
NOTE: The four men in the third act may be played by the same actors as three in the first and second acts. DONOVAN, LANE and KLEIN may all be handled by one actor, GELDER and RYDER by another, and PUTMAN and SCHMIDT by the third.
SETTING: The play is set in a contemporary Kansas suburban home. All action occurs in either of two parts of the house: 1) the living-dining area or 2) the basement. The living-dining area set is entered from outside via a door in the center of the rear wall (or perhaps offset a little toward the dining area). There is an upholstered armchair some five or six feet downstage from this door, facing front in three-quarter position. At stage right, facing centerstage, its back to the end wall of the living room, is a couch with removable cushions. In front of this is a low, heavy coffee table with legs that ropes can be tied to. Left of the armchair, in the dining section, is a small table with four chairs, and left of it a substantial screen that projects from the rear wall into the room some eight feet. Behind the screen are a door to the offstage kitchen, and a buffet-type chest, downstage.
The basement has a similar physical layout, with a door corresponding to the upstairs front door, leading to the unseen stairway, a screen shielding the last few feet of up-left area from the view of the rest of the set, and a door behind the screen, leading to an unseen basement bathroom. Just right of the central door is a chest-high bar, set at a slight angle, so that the audience sees part of its end, as well as its full front. There are two or three bar stools with wooden rungs. Down right of the bar is a table with four chairs. In the rear wall, left of the central door, are heavy metal rings at appropriate locations--some at baseboard-level and some well above shoulder-level. Other rings at similar levels can be seen at the right of the bar, on the same wall. The basement's walls are of rough-finished concrete or concrete block. There is a telephone with a long cord sitting on one end of the bar.