THEY KNEW WHAT THEY WANTED
SCENE
The scene of the play is the home of an Italian wine-grower in the Napa Valley in California. All of theaction takes place in the main downstairs room which serves as general living and dining room.
It is necessary to understand that the house is not in the least Spanish in its architecture. As a matter of fact, it would serve any respectable middle-western farmer as a fitting and inconspicuous residence. It was built in the ’nineties of wood, is painted white on its exterior, and has only one story.
A door at the back, the main one to the outer world, gives on the porch. Another door, to the right of the audience, gives on the kitchen. The kitchen is three steps above the level of the room and so placed that the audience can see into it. It is completely furnished. A third door, to the left of the audience, gives on a flight of steps which leads to the cellar of the house.
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