Read the excerpt from the diary of anne frank. the curtain rises on an empty stage. it is late afternoon november, 1945. the rooms are dusty, the curtains in rags. chairs and tables are overturned. the door at the foot of the small stairwell swings open. mr. frank comes up the steps into view. he is a gentle, cultured european in his middle years. there is still a trace of a german accent in his speech. what do these stage directions reveal about when the opening scene takes place?