What is 'A Cream Cracker under the settee' really about and how does it work as a drama

... Claire Thomas What is 'A Cream Cracker under the settee' really about and how does it work as a drama? The subject of the drama is about an old, lonely woman called Doris, who is isolated in her own home. All the way through the play she is making gradual steps in deciding to die. She regrets not having children because her husband has died and her only baby was still born. She doesn't know many people anymore. She used to know Mrs and Mr Marsden, who lived across the street, but they moved away and families started moving in. She is scared of going into Stafford House. You can tell this because she says that they 'smell of pee'. This shows that she will smell of pee if se goes into a home. The play is written in a monologue, which means there is only one person in the half

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