Scene One 　　When the play opens, the audience is looking at the façade of a yellow, multi-story apartment complex. The windows of the second floor are hidden with backlit, red shades. While Mr. Starck, a confectioner, sits outside on the sidewalk, another elderly gentleman eats inside in the dining room. He tells his brother, a consul, that he’ll join him outside in a minute. The... (展开全部)