The Verge is a three-act play, originally produced in America in 1921, which addresses the plight of a creative, sensitive woman during the onset of the Women's Movement in the early 1900's. As Act I opens, the stage is set with an unusual-looking plant upon which a bright beam of light is directed. The beam is coming from the direction of a trap door in the floor. Everything else is dark and the sound of wind is heard, which creates an ominous atmosphere.
A buzzer sounds with a very definite pattern as if by code. Anthony, a middle-aged man, enters from the trap door and answers a telephone. By Anthony's answers, it is discernible that the weather is becoming more extreme, and that Anthony is to check the temperature in the room immediately, so.....
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