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Keep Tightly Closed in a Cool, Dry Place-Terry Terry's play is a sharp illustration of its composi- tion-Tmprovision. The idea of this is founded by Chiskin's Open Theatre which is indebted, in part, to Brecht. The actors are given a scenario and from these are free to improvise under the direction of the director. We have on the realistic level commentary on underly- ing social conditions and institutions, but it is the com- bination of this surface reality and the ritual, dreams, phantoms, clowns, and monsters improvised by the ac- tors that give us a powerful surrealistic play.