A DUOLOGUE



THE PERSONS OF THE PLAY

JOSEPH MATTHEWS
MARY (HIS WIFE)

TIME--_The present_

SCENE--_Their home in the West End_

_Produced at the
Aldwych Theatre
on March 24, 1908_



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._