Read the excerpt from Act 2 of The Monsters Are Due on
Maple Street
Based on the stage directions, who does "Figure One"
refer to?
81. EXT FIELD-NIGHT-ANGLE SHOT LOOKING
TOWARD METAL SIDE OF SPACE CRAFT 81
. Les Goodman
O a policeman
an alien
Tommy
Which sits shrouded in darkness. An open door throws out
a beam of light from the illuminated interior. Two figures
silhouetted against the bright lights appear. We get only a
vague feeling of form but nothing more explicit than that
CONTINUED
81. CONTINUED 81

Based on the stage directions, An alien does "Figure One"

Explanation:

Maple Street is full of children playing and adults chatting as the shadow falls, followed by a blanket and a burst of colour. Everybody knows, however they believe r]]] and easily restart their tasks. The inhabitants quickly learned that their electricity had gone off, impacting stoves, lawn mowers, vehicles and computers. They're meeting in the street to address the case. Pete Van Horn, pounded in his bib caps, volunteers to move across to Floral Lane, on the next lane, and see whether it's influenced as well. His friends, Steve Brand and Charlie Farnsworth, plan to go to town, but Tommy, a neighbourhood child, encourages them not to go.

Tommy has read the stories of an alien invasion that has created similar issues, so he claims the aliens don't want anybody out of the driveway. Tommy continues that in the plot, aliens are acting as a family that seems to be human, but are explorers, and the power loss that they create is intended to divide the community. The adults are incredulous, assuring him that the trigger is normal, probably the product of sunspots. Charlie wondered whether Pete Van Horn was able to make it to Floral Road.

because each is self-sufficient.