One Act Plays
CURTAIN RISES DISCLOSING CARVIL _and Bessie moving away from sea-wall. Bessie about twenty-five. Black dress; black straw hat. A lot of mahogany-coloured hair loosely done up. Pale face. Full figure. Very quiet. Carvil, blind, unwieldy. Reddish whiskers; slow, deep voice produ...
Bessie. I don't know who you are; but I may tell you that his mind has been troubled for years about an only son who ran away from home--a long time ago. Everybody knows that here.
2. Chapter 2Capt. H. (_Anxiously_). It was only a kettle, my dear. A tin water-kettle. I am glad I thought of it just in time. (_Winks, nods_.) When a husband gets back from his work he nee...
1. Chapter 1CURTAIN RISES DISCLOSING CARVIL _and Bessie moving away from sea-wall. Bessie about twenty-five. Black dress; black straw hat. A lot of mahogany-coloured hair loosely done up. P...
3. Chapter 3Harry Hagberd (_thirty-one, tall, broad shoulders, shaven face, small moustache. Blue serge suit. Coat open. Grey flannel shirt without collar and tie. No waistcoat. Belt with b...