The people sell charcoal and the catch of the day.
Peter, a woodsman and his mother live in the Black Forest where he exists by selling charcoal.
Mr. Jones described the play as a "post-colonial hallucination" about a little old man who sells charcoal, he said.
Fresh Fields, for instance, is selling charcoal made from wood in an instant, easy-to-light form with none of the chemicals found in the usual instant-light charcoal.
The southern side of the D.B. Road then housed shops that sold charcoal.
These small businesses range from food vendors and hair salons to selling chickens and charcoal.
America sold iron and charcoal to the British, who used those raw materials and their resident labor force to produce hardware which was then sold back to the captive market in the colonies.
He helps his mother pay the school fees - around $3 a month - by working for six hours a day selling charcoal in the local market.
Tsoi-shan grew up with her mother in a village next to the capital city, selling wood and charcoal for a living.
Her mother sells charcoal but makes too little to buy enough food.