But after 80 economical minutes of bickering, bartering and philosophizing about loneliness and personal responsibility, the play builds to an undeniably moving emotional climax.
Opportunists in the city began bartering fresh produce for commodities brought by servicemen, and stowed away on freight trains to reach their suppliers' farms.
The time that followed generally brought social and economic hardship, currency devaluation, sometimes famine and coal shortages, and bartering flourished.
The new band began recording in a friend's basement, essentially bartering for recording time with musical gear and whatever limited funds they could scrounge up.
