The Ice Maiden, pgs. 54-55

click me

Props, pgs. 53, 55, 57 & 59

pg. 53

• Noble's false eyeball
• three or four forks
• some money

pg. 55

• painting of Tania as "The Ice Maiden"

pg. 57

• bare bulb on the landing
• a new patch on Sally Ann's blue jeans that said "SWEET MEAT"
• a cigarette or maybe a joint
• another of Ginger's kerchiefs
• some books with plain green jackets
• a coin? a ring? a button maybe, a brass or silver button

pg. 59

• Mr. Draper's glittering arms held out like a robot's
• Dickie's all-gold wristwatch

the invention of audiences

pg. 53

I'd been speaking of the invention of audiences, theater as a ruse, a game against time. "Yes," she'd said, smiling up at me over the ruffles at her throat, "and that's why the lives of actors, thought frivolous, are essentially tragic, those of the audience, comic.

Lloyd Draper collects everyone's watches

Props, pgs. 47, 49 & 51

pg. 47

• potted plants
• another beer
• two glasses of vermouth
• the dark pudding of avocado
• the empty can

pg. 49

• icecubes underfoot
• a box of candies
• a button of chocolate in the middle of the little bowl of pudding
• Tania's bangles
• Tania's bloodsoaked dress

pg. 51

• that bottle
• dishes
• beer cans
• Charley's glass of scotch
• some knives and skewers
• Alison's fresh glass of vermouth
• Alison's husband's pipe

A Magic Trick

"What I am remembered was an old beggar in Cadiz who did tricks with coins. His last trick always was to stack as many coins on his tongue as people would put there, then swallow them. Or seem to. I made some remark at the time about "pure theater" and the woman I was with said: "I know a trick but it is not so practical". The old fellow climaxed his act by belching loudly and producing a paper note in "change," and the truth about the woman was that she was mistaken." - pg. 35

Props, pg. 37, 39, 41, 43 & 45

pg. 37

• Wormwood
• the bottle of vermouth
• Ros's panties
• a tiny pair of manicure scissors
• a thermometer

pg. 39

• a test tube
• the chafing dish
• miniature sausages
• the pitcher of martinis
• Anatole's tumbler of bourbon and ginger ale

pg. 41

• Howard's martini pitcher
• a couple of ice cubes
• the other cocktail napkins
• Anatole's cigarette stub
• the hot sausage, furry now with dust and lint

pg. 43

• smoked oyster on toast squares
• the bucket of empty bottles
• the two full wineglasses
• a ceramic bowlful (of miniature sausages)
• the avocado dip
• the big fluorescent lamp
• a dozen cans of beer
• dishes and dishes of prepared foods
• tins of sardines
• anchovies
• pimentos
• bags of sliced and copped vegetables
• patés
• dozens of sausages
• wrapped cheeses
• hot bread
• the butcherblock
• stirred dips
• biscuits and crackers
• sliced bread
• Patrick's glass

pg. 45

• the kettle of water

One way to move a body.

Props, pgs. 27, 29, 31, 33 & 35

pg. 27

• Pardew's unlit pipe
• Gerald's wife's butcher knife
• a hankerchief "wrinkled and discolored, clotted with dried and drying mucus"

pg. 29

• a pool of Ros's blood
• potted plants
• a flurry of paper and toilet gear
• the toolbox

pg. 31

• Howard's spectacles: both lenses cracked

pg. 33

• Mr. Draper's roast-beef sandwich, softly mangled at one end
• a can of beer
• a little piece of string
• chalk
• exposed film plates

pg. 35

• the last bite of Mr. Draper's sandwich
• crumbs
• Pardew's pick glass

Ginger: A walking paradox

p. 20 Dickie on GINGER:

"Fucking her's like pulling a prick on over your condom"

Props, pgs. 14, 18, 20, 22 & 24

pg. 14

• butcher knife
• bouquet of parsley
• phone
• Vic's drink

pg. 18

• Dolph's can of beer
• potato chips
• flowered apron

pg. 20

• the cops' brass buttons and leather straps
• holsters
• vermouth
• pitcher of old-fashioneds with melted ice

pg. 22

• empty tray
• antique prie-dieu
• Naomi's shoulder-bag
• compacts
• cigarettes
• lipstick
• earrings
• bracelets
• spare hairclasps
• postcards
• safety pins
• handkerchief
• combs
• coins
• birth control pills
• antacids
• ticket stubs
• zippers
• buttons
• driver's liscense
• body and hair sprays
• maps
• matches
• tampons
• timetables
• thread
• newspaper clippings
• breath sweeteners
• photographs
• chewing gum

pg. 24

• Patrick's tweezers
• darts
• dart board
• officer's hat
• glass slides
  

Props, pg. 25

• Dickie's watch
• Alison's glass of vermouth
• a large Dutch billiard pipe and tobacco pouch