STEWART KIDD MODERN PLAYS Edited by Frank Shay TWO SLATTERNS AND A KING _Stewart Kidd Modern Plays_ _Edited by_ FRANK SHAY To meet the immensely increased demands of the play-reading public and those interested in the modern drama, Stewart Kidd are issuing under the general editorship of Frank Shay a series of plays from the pens of the world’s best contemporary writers. No effort is being spared to secure the best work available, and the plays are issued in a form that is at once attractive to readers and suited to the needs of the performer and producer. _Buffalo Express_: “Each play is of merit. Each is unlike the other. The group furnishes a striking example of the realistic trend of the modern drama.” From time to time special announcements will be printed giving complete lists of the plays. SHAM, a Social Satire in One Act. _By Frank G. Tompkins._ Originally produced by Sam Hume, at the Arts and Crafts Theatre, Detroit. _San Francisco Bulletin_: “The lines are new and many of them are decidedly clever.” _Providence Journal_: “An ingenious and merry little one-act play.” THE SHEPHERD IN THE DISTANCE, a Pantomime in One Act. _By Holland Hudson._ Originally produced by the Washington Square Players. _Oakland Tribune_: “A pleasing pantomime of the Ancient East.” MANSIONS, a Play in One Act. _By Hildegarde Flanner._ Originally produced by the Indiana Little Theatre Society. _Three Arts Magazine_: “This thoughtful and well-written play of Characters and Ideals has become a favorite with Little Theatres and is now available in print.” HEARTS TO MEND, a Fantasy in One Act. _By H. A. Overstreet._ Originally produced by the Fireside Players, White Plains, N. Y. _St. Louis Star_: “It is a light whimsy and well carried out.” _San Francisco Chronicle_: “No one is likely to hear or read it without real and legitimate pleasure.” SIX WHO PASS WHILE THE LENTILS BOIL. _By Stuart Walker._ Originally produced by the Portmanteau Players at Christodora House, New York City. _Brooklyn Eagle_: “Literary without being pedantic, and dramatic without being noisy.” OTHERS TO FOLLOW. _Bound in Art Paper. Each, net, .50_ TWO SLATTERNS AND A KING A MORAL INTERLUDE By EDNA ST. VINCENT MILLAY Author of “Aria da Capo”, etc. First produced at Vassar College. [Illustration] CINCINNATI STEWART KIDD COMPANY PUBLISHERS COPYRIGHT, 1921 STEWART KIDD COMPANY _All rights reserved_ COPYRIGHT IN ENGLAND No amateur or professional use permitted of “TWO SLATTERNS AND A KING” without written authorization first obtained from Stewart Kidd Company, 121 East Fifth Street, Cincinnati, O., to whom all applications should be addressed. TWO SLATTERNS AND A KING PERSONS THE KING CHANCE the VICE TIDY the false SLATTERN SLUT the true SLATTERN THE PROLOGUE AND THE EPILOGUE SPOKEN BY CHANCE TWO SLATTERNS AND A KING PROLOGUE