In a lot of Chicago buildings, the fire-escapes are splid wooden staircase structures, with no ladders and no need of athletic abilities. I wonder is something like that was being suggested? Does Jim the Gentleman Caller enter from the escape-way? Interesting questions.
But I think the character of Laura would never be in a wheelchair were it not for a certain current fashion in our theatre. When he wants a wheelchair (Violet Venable, for instance), Williams puts it into the script. |
