In pairs discuss the role of the stage manager. 1 What

1 Не may be living in the future in relation to the action (1901), ("Doc Gibbs died in 1930.
The new hospitals named after him.) But the way he switches from the past to the present
and uses the present continuous or speaks about the future using the past ("Mrs Gibbs died
first - long time ago, in fact.; "First automobiles going to come along in about five years;
"In those days our newspapers come out twice a week - The Grovers Corners
Sentinel - and this is editor Webbs house) suggests that he is not related to any particular
time. That is why, perhaps, this character is called the STAGE MANAGER.

2 His place in the town is defined quite clearly "Heres the grocery store and heres
Me. Morgans drugstore.

3 No. See the examples: "mountin, "The morning star always gets wonderful bright the
minute before it has to go - doesnt it? "First automobiles going to come along in about
five years - belonged to Banker Cartwright, our richest citizen...lives in the big white house
up on the hill. "Nice town, yknow what I mean? "s far as we know. "Way back there is
the railway station; tracks got that way... "Naturally, out in the country - all
around - thereve been lights on for some time, what with milkins and so on. Etc.

4 This is not typical, but this helps to keep the manager "inside the story, as one
of the characters.