Indians [antikvár]

Scene 1 (Audience enters to stage with no curtain. House lights dim. On stage: three large glass cases, one holding a larger-than-life-size effigy of Buffalo Bill in fancy embroidered buckskin. One, an effigy of Sitting Bull dressed in simple buckskin or cloth, no headdress, little if any ornamentation. The last case contains some artifacts: a buffalo skull, a bloodstained Indian shirt, and an old riffle. The surrounding stage is dark. The cases are lit by spotlights from above. Strange music coming from all about. Sense of dislocation. The house lights fade to dark. Music up. Lights on the cases slowly dim. Sound of wind, soft at first. The cases glide into the shadowy distance and disappear. Eerie light now on stage; dim spotlights sweep the floor as if trying to locate something in space.