A play for broadcasting by Hugh Stewart
Cast
Produced by B. W. Cave-Browne -Cave
Above is reproduced a photograph of the tombstone of Phoebe Hessel (the heroine of The Church by the Sea), which is to be found in the graveyard of St. Nicholas Church, Brighton. The writing on the tombstone reads as follows, the punctuation, for the sake of appearance, being ours: ' In memory of Phoebe Hessel , who was born at Stepney . in the year 1713. She served for many years as a private soldier in the 5th Reg. of Foot in different parts of Europe, and in the year 1745 fought under the command of the Duke of Cumberland at the battle of Fontenoy, where she received a bayonet wound in her arm. Her long life which commenced in the reign of Queen Anne extended to the reign of George IV, by whose munificence she received comfort and support in her latter years. She died at Brighton where she had long resided, December 1 ?th. 1821, aged 108 years.'