CAST:

WAKEFIELD

NEWTON

ABILENE

JOE STOKER

DEE

DAN PIKE

ELMER BENSON

FARLEY

TERESA

WAYLIE

DOC

HOYT

BILLY

TIME:

A few years back.

PLACE:

The northwest United States, somewhere in the domain of the American cowboy.

ACTION:

I.    SPLIT THE BLANKET:  Late autumn, a Saturday night…….…..1

II.   FARLEY'S RETURN:  The following winter, evening……….….57

III.  DAN PIKE:

            Scene 1 The following spring, a Saturday afternoon………….78

            Scene 2 That evening………………………………………….94

SET:

Wakefield's bar:  An entrance UC with swinging doors that extend  to the floor.  A bar starts ULC and extends diagonally L, leaving a playing area DL.  A big round table C has several chairs around it.  A small round table URC with two chairs.  A booth DR.  There are battered wooden stools at the bar.  The booth LR opens to the audience but is semi-secluded from the room.

Farley's cabin;  A door R leads outside and a door L leads to the children's room.  The cabin contains a wood stove, a small kitchen, table, chairs, and a rickety bed UL with an old iron frame.