<< * 161 DAVID PINNER : DICKON . HARMONDSWORTH , PENGUIN , 1
967 . 221 P. . FIRST PERF. : 150266 . CHAR. : 01 DICKON GREE
N SNR , 02 EILEEN GREEN , 03 JENNIE GREEN , 04 JOHN GREEN ,
05 DICKON GREEN JNR , 06 MICHAELA UBER , 07 DR GRILL , 08 SI
STER PETERS >> $
#99 $
< ACT ONE > $
< SCENE ONE > $
< THE GREENS' BACK GARDEN IN MID-SUMMER . $
A LARGE GREENHOUSE TAKES UP MOST OF THE STAGE LEFT AREA , ON
E SIDE BEING OPEN AND FACING THE AUDIENCE . $
DOWN STAGE THERE IS A PATH LEADING FROM THE GARDEN GATE , OF
F LEFT , TO THE HOUSE , OFF RIGHT . $
THERE IS A LOG BENCH ON THE LAWN , RIGHT CENTRE . $
A SEVEN-FOOT GARDEN WALL COVERED WITH CREEPERS RUNS ALONG TH
E BACK OF THE STAGE . $
THE DOWN-STAGE SIDE OF THE GARDEN IS BORDERED BY A STREAM ,
WHICH , OF COURSE , IS LEFT TO THE IMAGINATION OF THE AUDIEN
CE AND THE ACTORS . $
DAD , DICKON GREEN SENIOR , IS PAINTING HIS NEWLY CONSTRUCTE
D GREENHOUSE WITH WHITE PAINT . $
HE IS 50 YEARS OLD , SMALL , CHUNKILY BUILT AND FULL OF LAUG
HTER . $
OCCASIONA . . .
