Excerpt from Three Live Ghosts: A Comedy in Three Acts Scene: The action of oil three acts takes place in the combination sitting and dining room in the house of Mrs. Gubbins, known as "Old Sweetheart," in the poorer quarters of London. The room is sparsely furnished and contains a shabby dining table, an open cupboard with packages, etc., several dilapidated chairs and a mantel with a wheezy old clock and several cheap ornaments. An air of squalor and drink permeates the place. There is a door up stage, L., opening into kitchen. Door down stage L., opening into bedroom; door, R.C. opening into hall. Across hall can be seen stairway. Double doors down stage R. opening into bedroom. Practical bay window L.C. back, looking into street. Time: The summer of 1917. Place: London. Discovered: Old Sweetheart and Miss Woofers at table, Old Sweetheart right, Miss Woofers left. Their hands are on table, their fingers touching as at a spiritual seance. The kitchen door and door R.open. Slow curtain. Old Sweetheart. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.