Truman Balcony House. Truman Balcony The Truman Balcony is the second-floor balcony of the Executive Residence of the White House, which overlooks the south lawn. It was completed in March 1948, during the presidency of Harry S. Truman. Truman's plans to build a balcony off the Yellow Oval Room were controversial. Truman argued that the addition of a balcony would provide shade for the first floor portico, avoiding the need for awnings, and would balance the White House's south face by breaking up the long verticals created by the columns. Critics of the proposal, including members of the Commission of Fine Arts,
The Balcony Roger shoot Chantel when he realises that she still belongs to the brothel. In 1981 Internationalist Theatre performed The Balcony in London with a multi-racial and multi-national cast, which included Ellen Thomas, Jonathan Oliver, Yves Aubert, and Angelique Rockas. Ann Morley Priestman of The Stage praises `The Balcony` not only for its `Taylormade` multi-national casting but also for its artistic merits, The Internationalist Theatre production captured `an atmosphere of sleaze, a quality that eluded the last London production of The Balcony by the RSC {Royal Shakespeare Company}`, according to critic Michael Darvell, and Madeleine Jay of the BBC French Service