Are you paying attention?

After reading The Beaver Coat, I noticed that the story is told in an interesting way. The story is very tricky to follow adn if the reader does not pay close attention to the subtle actions of the characters, the reader will most likely be lost at the end of the play. Notice at the end of Act I when Mrs. Wolff says to Julius that there is some wood outside of Krueger's house and if they were to take it, it would not hurt anyone. The audience never actually sees Mrs. Wolff and Julius take the wood, but instead the act ends with them riding their sleigh into the night and then goes to a courtroom in Act II where Krueger says some of his wood has been stolen. However, where the audience really needs to pay attention is at the beginning of Act III when Julius tells Mrs. Wolf, who is counting a lot of money, that she needs to put that money away or they will go to jail. If the audience does not pay attention here, they mat be confused and unable to determine that the fur coat Wulkow is wearing at the end of the play is the same one that Krueger reports stolen. They also may not remember that when Mrs. Wolff tells the judge that he can have her home searched, she has already insured her safety by making Julius bury the money in a goat shed. Thus, the audience ends up completely clueless as to the whereabouts of Krueger's beaver coat and wood just as Von Wehrhon and Krueger himself were. I am unable to say whether or not the author intended to write this play in this manner, but to me The Beaver Coat is just as mischievous and clever as its fictional character Mrs. Wolff.