“At first glance, it is an ordinary large office, untidy, like thousands of modern capitalist offices. Safes, file cabinets, telephones, voice recorders and similar devices. To the right (from the actors) is the entrance from the reception area; on the left in the foreground is the door to the director's office; There is another door in the background. In the back, on the right, is a bookshelf; on the left there are heavy curtains (later, when the curtains part, we will see that behind them is a dressing room, littered with exotic costumes; there is a table with a mirror, lit from the side, like in an actor's dressing room). The office environment is disturbed by fantastic objects scattered here and there: fishing nets, masks, mannequins without heads but with cloaks on their “shoulders,” colored geographical maps of non-existent countries - a bizarre mixture typical of auctions and antique shops. In a prominent place is a portrait of a gray-bearded old man with long white hair and a kind smile. The face is either an artist or an apostle. This is Doctor Ariel..." Translation: Natalia Trauberg