The Women in BlackSydney in the 1950s. On the second floor of the famous F. G. Goode department store, in Ladies' Cocktail Frocks, the women in black are girding themselves for the Christmas rush. Among the staffPatty Williams with her wayward husband Frank, the sweet but unlucky Fay, and faithful Mrs Jacob of the measuring tapeis Lisa, the new sales assistant (temporary), who is waiting for the results of her Leaving Certificate. Across the floor and beyond the arch,