By "background" is meant the
space on the diagram between _B_ and _D_, not the "desert
backing," which, if the scene were taken inside the studio,
would be simply a painted background, taking the place of
the "drop" which would be used on the regular stage. It will
be noticed that, although there are a couple of steps
leading to the veranda, there is only one post indicated on
the diagram. This, of course, is because a post at the other
side of the steps is unnecessary, that point being "masked"
by the piece of scenery representing the back wall of the
room. The open door shows a portion of the veranda railing
and the post on the left of the steps. As the scenario
shows, Dean is carried up these steps, and into the bedroom
on the left, after he has been thrown from his horse. To the
right of the door, and looking out upon the veranda, is a
bay window, forming a window-seat. Attention is called to
the fact that what is so frequently called a "bay window"
is, properly, a "bow window," the three sides of a bay
window being at right angles to each other. The sideboard at
the right of the stage is absolutely essential to the climax
of the plot, though only half of it--enough to show the
upper left-hand drawer distinctly--need appear in the
picture.
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