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Sutro Alfred. Five Little Plays
Five Little Plays
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THE MAN IN THE STALLS. A MARRIAGE HAS BEEN ARRANGED. … THE MAN ON THE KERB. THE OPEN DOOR. THE BRACELET. THE MAN IN THE STALLS
A PLAY IN ONE ACT. THE PERSONS OF THE PLAY
HECTOR ALLEN ELIZABETH ALLEN (BETTY) WALTER COZENS
THE MAN IN THE STALLS
CURTAIN. A MARRIAGE HAS BEEN ARRANGED. …
THE PERSONS OF THE PLAY
MR. HARRISON CROCKSTEAD LADY ALINE DE VAUX
A MARRIAGE HAS BEEN ARRANGED. …
SCENE The conservatory of No. 300 Grosvenor Square. Hour, close on midnight. A ball is in progress, and dreamy waltz music is heard in the distance
ALINE. I?
CURTAIN. THE MAN ON THE KERB
A DUOLOGUE. THE PERSONS OF THE PLAY
JOSEPH MATTHEWS MARY (HIS WIFE)
SCENE—Their home in the West End
THE MAN ON THE KERB
SCENE: An underground room, bare of any furniture except two or three broken chairs, a tattered mattress on the stone floor and an old trunk. On a packing-chest are a few pots and pans and a kettle. A few sacks are spread over the floor, close to the empty grate; the walls are discoloured, with plentiful signs of damp oozing through. Close to the door, at back, is a window, looking on to the area; two of the panes are broken and stuffed with paper
THE CURTAIN SLOWLY FALLS. THE OPEN DOOR
THE PERSONS OF THE PLAY
SIR GEOFFREY TRANSOM LADY TORMINSTER. THE OPEN DOOR
SCENE: The drawing-room of LORD TORMINSTER'S cottage by the sea. It is 2 a.m. of a fine July night; the French windows are open on to the lawn. The room is dark; in an armchair, SIR GEOFFREY TRANSOM, a man of forty, with a frank, pleasant face, is seated, deep in thought. Suddenly the door opens, and LADY TORMINSTER appears and switches on the light. She starts at seeing SIR GEOFFREY
THE BRACELET
A PLAY IN ONE ACT. THE PERSONS OF THE PLAY
HARVEY WESTERN HIS HONOUR JUDGE BANKET MARTIN WILLIAM MRS. WESTERN MRS. BANKET MISS FARREN SMITHERS
THE BRACELET
