Play-play

_The scenes of the Play-play change with each act.

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_ (Play-play begins to appear.) _ Dad stands there, with Jessie clinging to him, weeping, imploring.

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Throughout the text, what goes on in front of this curtain is referred to as the Real-play; what goes on behind the curtain is the Play-play.

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_ (Gladys turns and flees off with a scream; the Play-play fades.) _

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Policeman are the same in the Real and the Play-play.

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_Peggy (leaping to her feet and pointing to the Play-play scene).

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_ (Lights begin to rise on Play-play.) _ Bill comes to see Belle.

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_ (The Play-play begins to appear as in Scene II, Act II, but showing restaurant in ruins.) _ It's morning.

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Will exchanges places with a substitute concealed on upstage side of the desk, and then slips below the level of the desk and exit Left, to make quick change for entrance into Play-play in the role of Jack.

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When the front scene is entirely dark, we see the Play-play, slightly veiled at the sides.

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