[MNBallet]

Does the fall have to be seen? I would think a safer and better way to go would to do a double. build a broken bed and put a dummy with the stake in it. It doesn't have to look real, just a human shape. Then have the actor approach the falling point, blackout....scream...crash..(switch beds), light come up to reveal the damage has been done.

I'm thinking along the lines that the stake is from the fall right, like he lands on it? Or does he fall with the stake already in him, and you're just looking for a broken bed?