Exegesis

June 5, 2013

Exegesis: Barefoot in the Park

Act one

Stage Directions: Old Brownstone (5)

An old building made of sandstone, a popular building material. 

Stage Directions: East Forties off Third Avenue (5)

An area of streets that range from 40th st to 49th st. in New York City.

Stage Directions: crests of snow (5)

Banks of snow that sit (in this case) on the ledge of the buildings out the window.

Stage Directions: dressing room (5)

A room for dressing.

Stage Directions: steamer trunk (5)

A trunk with a flat top.

Stage Directions: Franklin Stove (5)

The Franklin stove is a metal-lined fireplace named after its inventor, Benjamin Franklin. It was invented in 1741. It had a hollow baffle near the rear (to transfer more heat from the fire to a room's air) and relied on an "inverted siphon" to draw the fire's hot fumes around the baffle. It was intended to produce more heat and less smoke than an ordinary open fireplace. Source

Man: Princess phone (7)

The Princess telephone was introduced by the Bell System in 1959. It was a compact telephone designed for convenient use in the bedroom, and contained a light-up dial for use as a night-light. It was commonly advertised with the slogan "It's little...It's lovely...It lights", which was suggested by Robert Karl Lethin, an AT&T employee. Source

Corie: schlurp (7)

The closest I could find was slurp.

Stage Directions: telephone junction box (8)

An electrical junction box is a container for electrical connections, usually intended to conceal them from sight and deter tampering.

Man: "What's My Line" (8)

A panel game show which originally ran in the United States on the CBS Television Network from 1950 to 1967, with several international versions and subsequent U.S. revivals. The game tasked celebrity panelists with questioning contestants in order to determine their occupations. It is the longest-running U.S. primetime network television game-show. Source

Corie: Bloomingdale's (8)

Bloomingdale's has the best selection of designer clothes, handbags, shoes, jewelry, home furnishings, cosmetics, and accessories for women, men and kids. Source 

Voice: Lord and Taylor (8)

Retail and online shopping for clothing, accessories, jewelry and fragrances. Source

Man: "Elderado 5-8191" (10)

History of the telephone number.

Man: The Sweepstakes (10)

The United States consumer sales promotion known as a sweepstake (also known by its inflected forms which are both single and plural: sweepstakes and sweeps) has become associated with marketing promotions targeted toward both generating enthusiasm and providing incentive reactions among customers by enticing consumers to submit free entries into drawings of chance (and not skill) that are tied to product or service awareness wherein the featured prizes are given away by sponsoring companies. Prizes can vary in value from less than one dollar to more than one million U.S. dollars and can be in the form of cash, cars, homes, electronics, etc. Source

Stage Directions: attaché case (12)

An attaché case is a box-style case made of leather (occasionally aluminium), scrunched over a hinged frame that opens into two compartments. It was traditionally carried by an attaché, a diplomatic officer attached to an embassy or consulate officially assigned to serve in a particular capacity (e.g., cultural attaché; military attaché). Source

Corie: The Plaza (13)

Address: 768 5th Ave, New York, NY 10019

Paul: Schraffts (14)

Address: 13th Street and Fifth Avenue

Paul: Oliver Wendell Holmes (14)

(March 8, 1841 – March 6, 1935) was an American jurist who served as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1902 to 1932. Source

Paul: affidavits (14)

A written declaration made under oath before a notary public or other authorized officer. Affidavits

Paul: furrier (15)

One whose occupation is the dressing, designing, cleaning, or repairing of furs. Furrier