The Clarence script, unlike most scripts today, gave explicit instructions as to staging (set and props) and costumes. For example, in the first act, page three, stage directions (written in italics) read "another member of the Wheeler family appears, also under the influence of excitement. He is hovering on the elder side of sixteen; his hair is to the mode of New York, according to the interpretation of his years, and so is his costume, which includes an overcoat. He also wears a pair of pale spats, too large for his shoes.... This is Bobby."