There is a lot of opportunity for acting for Peter both when Jerry is speaking, and when there is silence. Towards the end of the play, when Jerry has impaled himself on the knife, Peter could be looking around, to see if anyone saw what happened. He would be running round, thinking what to do. Peter would be on the bench at Stage Left at the beginning of the play. He would be on the Stage Left side. As the play progresses, Peter would move along the bench, so that when Jerry tries to push him off, Peter is nearer to Centre Stage. He would leave at Stage Right, thus completely crossing the stage during the passing of one scene. This would show that Peter and Jerry come from different directions, different walks of life, yet both of their lives are monotonous. Both have different opinions of their lives. Peter thinks that he can turn it all around, but Jerry knows that there is no other way out than to make the ultimate sacrifice.

There is a lot of opportunity for non-verbal acting in this play. At the start of the play, Peter could be really trying to make Jerry notice that he didn´t want to know. He could turn away or lift the book so that he couldn´t see Jerry:

e.g. PETER - …We call it north. It´s northerly. (Turns away, as if deeply engrossed in his book)

In many ways, the audience shares the feelings of Peter. Both Peter and the audience feel trapped, Peter because Jerry has him trapped and he cannot get away. The audience would feel trapped because the play is only one scene long, so they cannot move. They must watch the play in its entirety, without any breaks or pauses. Jerry also feels that he is trapped in his life, trapped by the landlady and trapped by the dog. He can get away from the dog and he can get away from the landlady, but only temporarily.

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