6


Time Line
Act 1
Scene 1: (p. 7)
Scene 2: (p. 18)
same day, later  (maybe 7 p.m.)
Ginny says, “it’s been a big day for all of us, we’re tired, aren’t we? (p.27)
Scene 3: (p. 28)
later that night— on the roof
Jaya says, “The came again in the evening. To install the toilet.”
Act 2
Scene 1: (p. 34)
2 months later, “same room, but transformed into a sleek residence with gleaming surfaces
there is now a TV set, computer, bathroom and toilet.
Jaya “looks better dressed than before, but not significantly altered by the change in her circumstance).
Ma is wearing “a quilted dressing gown and is watching TV, upstage, right.
Om is wearing “a fluorescent Harlequin track suit and sits at the computer”
p. 43 Jettu enters in tattered clothes  — says “don’t bother breaking coconuts at my feet.”

Scene 2: (p. 46
2 hours later (most likely evening)
Om and Jaya have changed.
Scene 3: (p. 53)
not clear how much time has passed, but it is the same day, and it’s not yet night.
Scene 4: (p. 61)
Night
Jeetu enters wearing silk pajamas “white on white” (p. 63)
Act 3
Scene 1: (64)
maybe early morning, since the guards during this scene deliver the video couch.
Scene 2 (p. 80)
5 days later, night