The Man Who Turned Into a Stick Chapter Summary & Analysis | The Man Who Turned into a Stick (Death)

The Man Who Turned into a Stick (Death) Summary

This play opens with a stick, played by a man, hurtling down from the sky and landing next to Hippie Boy and Hippie Girl. As Hippie Boy and Girl look casually for the stick's point of origin, they spot a young boy on the roof of a building, and suspect that the boy must have thrown the stick. In the meantime, a Woman and Man from Hell enter the scene and, in an aside, they remark mysteriously "once again, a man turned into a stick and vanished".

Woman and Man from Hell appear to realize that they are searching for this particular stick, and so they approach the two youth. Vaguely introducing themselves but not revealing their identities, they request that Hippie Boy hand them the stick. Hippie Boy refuses, accusing the man and woman of throwing the stick. While Woman from Hell exits the scene to check on the...
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