 She in turn rewrote the scene, making it more economic and coherent, adding detail she had learned from Wicker and his colleagues.A third version benefited from improvisation during rehearsal, with the addition of detail about two watches—railroadmen being well-known for an obsession with time—that improved character revelation.A fourth version was written when only a female actor was available for the part, and the gender tension—between the female actor playing the role of a female brakeman and the original brakeman—was made part of the scene.