Journey's End [antikvár]

THE SCENE A dug-out in the British trenches before St. Quentin. A few rough steps lead into the trench above, through a low doorway. A table occupies a good space of the dug-out floor. A wooden frame, covered with wire netting, stands against the left wall and serves the double purpose of a bed and a seat for the table. A wooden bench against the back wall makes another seat, and two boxes serve for the other sides. Another wire-covered bed is fixed in the right corner beyond the doorway. Gloomy tunnels lead out of the dug-out to left and right. Except for the table, beds, and seats, there is no furniture save the bottles holding the candles, and a few tattered magazine pictures pinned to the wall of girls in flimsy costumes. The earth walls deaden the sounds of war, making them faint and far away, although the front line is only fifty yards ahead. The flames of the candles that burn day and night are steady in the still, damp air. ACT I Evening on Monday, the i8th March, 1918 ACT II SCENE I : Tuesday morning SCENE II : Tuesday afternoon ACT III SCENE I : Wednesday afternoon SCENE II : Wednesday night SCENE III : Thursday, towards dawn