The Skin of Our Teeth: Play in Three ActsMeet George and Maggie Antrobus of Excelsior, New Jersey, a suburban, commuter-town couple (married for 5,000 years), who bear more than a casual resemblance to that first husband and wife, Adam and Eve: the two Antrobus children, Gladys (perfect in every way, of course) and Henry (who likes to throw rocks and was formerly known as Cain); and their garrulous maid, Sabina (the eternal seductress), who takes it upon herself to break out of character and interrupt the course of the drama at every o |
Contents
Section 1 | 3 |
Section 2 | 6 |
Section 3 | 7 |
Section 4 | 51 |
Section 5 | 93 |
Section 6 | 123 |
Section 7 | 130 |
Section 8 | 132 |
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aisle ANTRO ANTROBUS crosses ANTROBUS enters Atlantic City audience bench Bingo Parlor black shoes blue boardwalk BROADCAST OFFICIAL brown cabana chair Left chair Right CHAIR-PUSHER coat cold CONVEENER crosses Left crosses to door crosses to Right Crossing down Left Crossing Right Crossing to Left Crossing up Center curtain DINOSAUR door Left door Right dress exit up Right Exits Right fire fireplace FITZPATRICK Florence Eldridge FLY CUE FORTUNE TELLER Fredric March Frock coat George Antrobus girl hand hassock head HENRY crosses HESTER Left Center Left of table LIGHT CUE looks Maggie majorette Mama MAMMOTH Mary Jane shoes Miss Fairweather Miss Somerset Morton DaCosta MUSE Papa puts ramp Right Center Right of table SABINA crosses SLIDE slingshot sofa sound cuE stage Stanley Prager stops TELEGRAPH BOY There's thing Thornton Wilder TREMAYNE TROBUS turns Two-piece war's What's wheel white shirt window ΒΟΥ