Those are the opening lines of Scene 1. Sidney goes to the fireplace, takes a pistol from over the mantle, aims it and mock fires. A roll of thunder. The sound of rain falling. The storm grows in intensity.
Footsteps sound on the stairs.
Douglas Wert is his ambitious protege. Apart from the pistol in Bruhl's study, a converted stable in Westport, props include a crossbow, a dagger, a garrote, a stiletto, an ax and Houdini's handcuffs. Of what moment are such accouterments without a resident psychic. I Can Get It For You Wholesale, the life-changing show where Mr. Gould met Barbra Streisand, the supporting player he married. Actually, in the case of Deathtrap .