Yudelson
[Shrugs shoulders]. All right, Jakie. Well, goodbye. Leshono Tovo Tikosamu.
Jack
Thank you. Happy New Year to you, too.
Yudelson
Look! He remembers! [He goes.]
Gene
[Off-stage]. Dress rehearsal just starting. Everybody concerned in the opening on stage!
[From off-stage come the bustling sounds of final preparations for the dress rehearsal. Jack is standing motionless where Yudelson left him. A brown velvet drop comes down. Jack is the figure of a tragic Pierrot as he stands against this simple background in his ludicrously wide comedy pants and his ludicrously short comedy coat.... He turns ... finds himself sitting on the trunk alone, heavy-hearted. Lee comes bustling in. He goes over to table, not seeing Jack. He is busy with a manuscript for a few seconds, then he feels Jack’s presence; looks up.]