That world appears to have suffered an environmental catastrophe, leaving them stranded on a barren rock, even if the lush vegetation around us on the amphitheatre stage suggests otherwise. In their neurotic repetition, they recall the characters in Enda Walsh plays such as The Walworth Farceand The New Electric Ballroom, as if by running through their script time and again, they will be able to make sense of the chaotic world outside. Deirdre Davis in Sherlock Holmes: A Study in Lipstick, Ketchup and Blood.
