[Note: This sketch takes place in an imaginary room of undefined proportions. The audience should, however, get the feeling of a great hall, where the characters wait for some grand function to begin. The ages and sexes of characters 1 and 2 may vary, which will allow for some fascinating interpersonal studies for the actors and audience. (For example, a production with 1 as a young man and 2 as an older woman would be much different, I would think, than one in which 1 and 2 were both middle-aged men.) Actors and directors could have a great deal of fun with such variations. Character 3 should be a male of undetermined age, seeming to be simply a laborer, with a great deal more wisdom than is readily evident.]

1: [Enters, looks around, goes to the large, impressive chair and sits down; so…