Douglas Darden laughter was the laughter of three young girls, who were, in essence, their clients: the fourteen year-old twins, Cass and Polly, and their nineteen-year-old friend, Helen. Cass and Polly are most likely feminized renderings of the celestial twins of Greek mythology, Castor and Pollux (better known as Gemini), and their sister, Helen of Troy. Many of his original sketches and drawings for Oxygen House are now owned by the Museum of Modern Art, along with a select few of "Sex Shop" drawings; gifts of Darden's widow. The remainder of his drawings are held at the Avery Architectural and Fine Arts
Castor et Pollux As it turned out, the opera was a success. It received twenty performances in late 1737 but did not reappear until the substantially revised version took to the stage in 1754. This time there were thirty performances and ten in 1755. Graham Sadler writes that "It was ... "Castor et Pollux" that was regarded as Rameau's crowning achievement, at least from the time of its first revival (1754) onwards." Revivals followed in 1764, 1765, 1772, 1773, 1778, 1779 and 1780. The taste for Rameau's operas did not long outlive the French Revolution but extracts from "Castor et Pollux" were still