Jules Feiffer
COHN OF ARC
CHARACTERS IN ORDER
OF
ApPEARANCE
ABE
COHN
WISEMAN
JOAN
FIRST VOICE
SECOND VOICE
ACT I
Scene 1
The time is the present. A small log house in the woods.
It is unpainted} cramped} containing the worldly goods of two life–
times}
COHN'S
and
ABE}S.
Books and periodicals litter every sur–
face} including the floor} which is covered with an old Persian rug.
Two out-of-use TVs} circa 1950. An aged radio-phonograph console}
next to it on the floor a stack of classical LPs. A large oak table that
serves as a dining table and
ABE}S
desk. A typewriter} holding a
blank sheet of paper at
ABE}S
end of the table; next to it a ream of
blank paper. The kitchen is separated from the living-dining room
by a tattered screen} covered with magazine cut-outs of famous faces:
Einstein} Tolstoy} Beethoven} Toscanini} F.D.R.} Gandhi} Joe Louis}
Babe Ruth} Katherine Cornell.
...
The kitchen is well equipped:
a huge iron range} shelves of spices} canned goods} other supplies} a
shelf of cook books. Two burlap-curtained doorways lead to the bed–
rooms. A tiny windowed door leads outside. The view through two
