The play is situated in six contiguous apartments at the rear of a century-old building in the 13th arrondissement of Paris. Events in each apartment are related in the corresponding column of the performance text. A blank cell indicates that the previously-described action continues. Actors can and should supply additional bits of behavior -- like grace notes -- within the framework provided. To take just one example, there’s scarcely any limit to the number of times that someone who’s getting ready to go out will cross in front of a window.