Death (A Play) Summary

Kleinman wakes from a dead sleep when a group of men pound on his door in the early hours of the morning. Recognizing the voice of a man named Hacker, Kleinman answers the door to find half-a-dozen men waiting on his doorstep. They insist that he immediately get dressed and join them in their vigilante hunt for the strangler who's been operating in the neighborhood. Kleinman has no idea what they're talking about and shows much reluctance to join them, insisting that he has work in the morning. As the mob elaborates on the many crimes of the strangler, Kleinman grows afraid. Hacker insists that Kleinman dress warmly and ready himself to go. Kleinman does as he's told.

Preoccupied with search for his shoehorn and complaining to himself about his predicament, Kleinman is startled by the sudden appearance of...