The esteemed, sensitive public will assume that the action takes place in Emilsburg, the capital of the Duchy of Gerlestein. The first and third acts occur in the house of Herr Fritz Beermann; the second act, in the Police Headquarters. It all happens between Sunday afternoon and Monday evening.
To be free from blame, the producers will please note that:
BEERMANN is in the fifties; jovial; lively; with gray side-whiskers and chin carefully shaved.
FRAU BEERMANN is in the late forties, though youthful looking for her age.
FRAU LUND. sixty-eight; a woman of impressive appearance; her manner is energetic; her mass of white hair is carefully coiffured.
FRAU BOLLAND. about forty-five; stout; talkative.
DR. WASNER. a tall German professor with full blond beard; deep voiced; wears pince-nez with black tortoise shell rim and broad black cord.
HANS JACOB DOBLER. is a poet; he is dressed in a poor fitting cut-away coat; unkempt mustache and Van Dyke beard.
FRAULEIN PINNEBERG, a feminist, wears a loose fitting gown.
DR. HAUSER. fifty; smooth shaven; wears gold rimmed spectacles,
VON SCHMETTAU, sixty; remains stately looking with effort; military bearing.
Parisian gowns invite the cloak and suit patrons.
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