About the set

The set is a basement. It is a low-rent location in a run-down area of town. The identity of the town is unimportant. The place might previously have been a travel agency or a beauty parlour. It has not been redecorated for some time but Don (the owner) keeps it pretty good. He has pride in his store even though business isn't great. The store contains a variety of secondhand items, generally of little value. The play is set in 1975 so quite a lot of the stuff may now look 'retro' or 'kitsch', and therefore may now be more desirable than it was back then. That's the way it goes. The temptation to make the shop shabby has been resisted - that it is a junkshop is metaphor enough.
The set is not based on any particular source, although in some respects (and in some matters of detail) it was influenced by visits I made to junk shops in Ohio in the summer of 2001. Eternal thanks to Miss Terri Ford- the Glory of the Continent, and Peerson's Antiques, Cincinnati.

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