
Drama Characters: 14 male 9 female 5 interior scenes and 2 exterior scenes This constantly interesting play shows in outline the life history and in its later scenes the death history of Mr. Zero a cog in the vast machine of modern business.


"The Adding Machine" is a seminal work of American expressionist drama that offers a harrowing and satirical look at the dehumanizing effects of the machine age. The play follows the life and afterlife of Mr. Zero, a generic bookkeeper who, after twenty-five years of...