The play takes place during the course of a single tennis match, and over the course of two years. The tennis court may be present, or suggested. It never goes away. Other spaces that may be formed include a dining table for a home-cooked meal, a bar, a sidewalk café, a doughnut shop.
Kate and Leslie, in their thirties, will communicate directly with the audience, and also participate in scenes with each other and with Brian, forty, and Russ, in his late thirties1. For the bulk of the play the two men will not
acknowledge or address the audience. They will exist in their tennis world, and also in other spaces conjured by Kate and Leslie.
- The Investigation