1. A series of shots of Shanghai, the river, people. A young woman, MEI-LIN, walks through the crowd, separates herself from it. Now the woman is shown full-frame. The image freezes. — 21

2. INT. AN INNER OFFICE OF THE CONSULATE--A MOMENT LATER. — 22

3. EXT. A PARK--A LITTLE LATER. — 25

4. INT. MICKEYS BEDROOM--PAST MIDNIGHT. — 26

5. INT. MEI-LINS BEDROOM--EARLY EVENING. — 29

6. INT. A LARGE ROOM IN A HOUSE--EVENING. — 34

7. INT. ANOTHER ROOM OF THE HOUSE--A LITTLE WHILE LATER. — 36

8. INT. A POOLHALL IN QUEENS--NIGHT. — 43

9. INT. A MOVING CAR--A LITTLE LATER. — 43

10. EXT. A JUMBO JET TOUCHES DOWN IN THE L.A. AIRPORT--EARLY MORNING THREE MONTHS LATER. — 45

11. INT. THE LOS ANGELES AIRPORT--A LITTLE LATER. — 45

12. INT. THE RECEPTION AREA AT THE L.A. AIRPORT--A LITTLE LATER. — 45

13. INT. A TELEPHONE AT THE L.A. AIRPORT--A LITTLE LATER. — 45

14. A TICKET COUNTER AT THE L.A. AIRPORT--A LITTLE LATER. — 46

15. EXT. A TWIN-ENGINE JET LANDS IN ALBUQUERQUE--AFTERNOON THE SAME DAY. — 48

16. INT. THE ALBUQUERQUE AIRPORT--A LITTLE LATER. — 48

17. INT. A TELEPHONE AT THE ALBUQUERQUE AIRPORT--A LITTLE LATER. — 48

18. EXT. A SMALL PROP PLANE LANDS IN ROSWELL--TWILIGHT THE SAME DAY. — 48

19. INT. THE ROSWELL AIRPORT--A LITTLE LATER. — 49

20. EXT. CAB STAND AT THE ROSWELL AIRPORT--

A LITTLE LATER. — 49

21. EXT. TIMOTHYS HOUSE--AFTER MIDNIGHT THE SAME EVENING. — 49

22. INT. A SOCIAL CLUB IN CHINATOWN, QUEENS,--SUNDAY AFTERNOON. — 51

23. EXT. A NEARBY BACKYARD--A LITTLE LATER. — 53

24. INT. THE LIVINGROOM OF TIMOTHYS HOUSE--

EARLY MORNING THE NEXT DAY. — 55

25. EXT. NEW MEXICO LANDSCAPE--CONTINUATION. — 56

26. INT. THE LIVINGROOM--A MOMENT LATER. — 57

27. INT. A FANCY CHINESE RESTAURANT IN QUEENS--EVENING. — 58

28. INT. THE KITCHEN OF TIMOTHYS HOUSE--LATE THAT SAME MORNING. — 62

29. INT. TIMOTHYS FOUR-WHEEL DRIVE CAR--A LITTLE LATER. — 65

30. EXT. NEW MEXICO LANDSCAPE. — 65

31. EXT. A HIGH POINT IN A MOUNTAIN PASS--A LITTLE LATER. — 68

32. INT. A COFFEE SHOP IN QUEENS--MORNING. — 69

33. EXT. THE COFFEE SHOP--CONTINUATION. — 71

34. INT. TIMOTHYS LIVINGROOM--AFTER MIDNIGHT SOME DAYS LATER. — 71

35. EXT. A BUS STATION IN ROSEWELL, NEW MEXICO--THE NEXT EVENING. — 74

36. INT. INSIDE THE BUS--A FEW MOMENTS LATER. — 77

37. INT. INSIDE THE BUS--AN HOUR LATER. — 78

38. EXT. A TRUCK STOP--MORNING. — 80

39. INT. THE TRUCK STOP--A LITTLE LATER THAT MORNING. — 81

40. INT. INSIDE THE BUS--THAT AFTERNOON. — 83

41. INT. INSDIE THE BUS--THAT NIGHT — 84

42. INT. PORT AUTHORITY BUS TERMINAL IN NEW YORK--THE NEXT MORNING. — 85

43. INT. AN APARTMENT OF THE UPPER WEST SIDE--A HALF-HOUR LATER. — 87

44. EXT/INT. THE FRONT DOOR OF A NIGHTCLUB IN QUEENS--NOON THE NEXT DAY. — 89

45. INT. THE NIGHTCLUB--A FEW MINUTES LATER. — 90

46. INT. THE LADIES ROOM AT THE CLUB--A FEW MOMENTS LATER. — 93

47. INT. THE DANCE FLOOR OF THE CLUB--CONTINUATION. — 93

48. INT. NEAR THE EXIT OF THE CLUB-CONTINUATION. — 94

49. INT. THE DANCE FLOOR OF THE CLUB--CONTINUATION. — 94

50. INT. MICKEYS MOVING CAR--A LITTLE LATER. — 99

51. INT. THE FRONT HALL OF ARTHURS APARTMENT--LATER THAT DAY. — 102

52. INT. A CHINESE NIGHTCLUB--LATE EVENING. — 105

53. EXT. THE ESPLANADE AT BATTERY PARK CITY--TWILIGHT. — 108

54. INT. AN INNER OFFICE AT THE CITY BUILDING--THE NEXT MORNING. — 110

55. EXT. TERRACE RESTAURANT ATOP A HOTEL IN MIDTOWN--EARLY THAT EVENING. — 111

56. EXT. THE STATEN ISLAND FERRY--TWILIGHT. — 114

57. INT. ARTHURS APARTMENT--EVENING. — 116

58. INT. A TAXI NEAR 34TH STREET IN MANHATTAN--EARLY AFTERNOON. — 118

59. INT. WATCH DEPARTMENT AT MACYS--A LITTLE LATER. — 120

60. INT. A CHINESE TELEVISION STUDIO--A FEW DAYS LATER. — 123

61. INT. AN EXPENSIVE TEA-HOUSE IN FLUSHING CHINATOWN--A LITTLE LATER. — 125

62. INT. ARTHURS APARTMENT--EVENING, TEN DAYS LATER. — 127

63. INT. A LARGE NIGHTCLUB--EARLY EVENING THE SAME DAY, A SATURDAY. — 128

64. INT. A PRIVATE CLUB IN QUEENS CHINATOWN--A LITTLE LATER. — 134

65. EXT. A PAY TELEPHONE ON A STREET IN QUEENS CHINATOWN--AN HOUR LATER. — 137

66. INT. MEI-LINS ROOM--EARLY EVENING. — 138

67. INT. THE LIVINGROOM OF THE APARTMENT--CONTINUATION. — 139

68. INT. MEI-LINS ROOM--A LITTLE LATER. — 147

69. INT. THE LIVINGROOM OF THE APARTMENT--A LITTLE LATER. — 149

70. INT. MEI-LINS ROOM--A LITTLE LATER. — 150

71. INT. THE KINGS INNER OFFICE--THAT SAME MORNING. — 151

72. EXT. A STREET IN CHINATOWN--LATER THAT DAY. — 155

73. INT. THE KITCHEN OF MICKEYS HOUSE--EARLY EVENING. — 157

74. INT. A CAR IN CHINATOWN--THE SAME TIME. — 161

75. EXT. THE CAR AT THE CURB IN CHINATOWN--CONTINUATION. — 162

76. EXT. TENEMENT STREET IN UPPER MANHATTAN--A LITTLE LATER. — 162

77. INT. THE TELEVISION STUDIO--THE SAME TIME. — 162

78. INT. THE GROUNDFLOOR HALLWAY OF THE TENEMENT--A MOMENT LATER. — 164

79. INT. THE STAIRS OF THE TENEMENT--A MOMENT LATER. — 164

80. INT. THE TELEVISION STUDIO--THE SAME TIME. — 164

81. INT. AN UPPER HALLWAY OF THE TENEMENT--THE SAME TIME. — 165

82. INT. THE TELEVISION STUDIO--THE SAME TIME. — 166

83. INT. YOHANCES APARTMENT--THE SAME TIME. — 167

84. INT. THE TELEVISION STUDIO--THE SAME TIME. — 167

85. INT. THE KITCHEN OF YOHANCES APARTMENT--THE SAME TIME. Tyrone stops in the kitchen and speaks to a MAN WITHOUT A SHIRT. — 168

86. INT. THE TELEVISION STUDIO--THE SAME TIME. — 169

87. INT. THE BACK ROOM OF THE APARTMENT--THE SAME TIME. — 170

88. INT. THE KITCHEN OF THE APARTMENT--CONTINUATION. — 170

89. INT. THE CONTROL BOOTH--THE SAME TIME. — 171

90. INT. THE HALLWAY OUTSIDE THE APARTMENT--THE SAME TIME. — 172

91. INT. HALLWAY OUTSIDE THE CONTROL BOOTH--CONTINUATION OF TELEVISION ACTION. — 173

92. INT. STAGE DOOR OF THE STATION--CONTINUATION. — 174

93. EXT. THE TENEMENT STREET IN UPPER MANHATTAN--THE SAME TIME. — 175

94. EXT. A STREET IN HARLEM--A MOMENT LATER. — 176

95. INT. THE MOVING TAXI--A FEW MOMENTS LATER. — 177

96. EXT. THE TAXI--CONTINUATION. — 178

97. INT. THE TAXI--CONTINUATION. — 178

98. EXT. THE STREET--CONTINUATION — 178

99. EXT. A STREET IN CHINATOWN--THE NEXT DAY. — 180

100. INT. THE RECEPTION AREA OF A TRADING COMPANY--A MOMENT LATER. — 180

101. INT. THE KINGS INNER OFFICE--A HALF-HOUR LATER. — 181

102. INT. THE UPSTAIRS HALLWAY OF MICKEYS HOUSE--THAT AFTERNOON. — 183

103. INT. ANNS BEDROOM--CONTINUATION. — 184

104. INT. MEI-LINS ROOM--A LITTLE LATER THAT EVENING. — 186

105. INT. ANNS BEDROOM--CONTINUATION. — 187

106. INT. LIVINGROOM OF ARTHURS APARTMENT--

CONTINUATION. — 188

107. EXT. A PARKING LOT IN QUEENS--TWILIGHT. — 189

108. INT. MICKEYS CAR--A LITTLE LATER. — 193

109. EXT. THE PARKED CAR--CONTINUATION. — 195

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〈PREFACE〉



　　Michael Stanley Kirby (1931 – February 24, 1997) was a professor of drama at New York University. He wrote several groundbreaking books, including Happenings, Futurist Performance and The Art of Time. He was editor of The Drama Review from 1969 to 1986.



　　Lost in her dream (She is from Shanghai)

　　Written by John Bon-Tien Wu

　　Revised by Michael Stanley Kirby

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