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' CONQUEROR'S ROAD'

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A serial play in six episodes
Adapted from
L. A. Knight's novel by Gethyn Stoodley Thomas
1—' Fox Pit Hall'
Produced by Dafydd Gruffydd
When SarahPitt-Royden was so unhappily orphaned in Italy in the summer of 1860, she found herself homeless and utterly alone. Her only living relatives, she discovered, were two uncles living somewhere in Wales. They were old and crusty bachelors called Absolom and Jonathan Pitt-Royden. who lived in Fox Pit Hall in the county of Pembrokeshire. Fox Pit
Hall A gloomy name! A house so called could promise little comfort for Sarah. brought up as she was in the warm, leisurely land of Italy. However, she was now homeless and in no position to pick and choose her future home. So, in the autumn of the year, she found herself tourneying to Pembrokeshire through country that grew ever wilder and more lonely as the ancient coach bumped and jolted its way further West. What sort of life lay before her, and what manner of men were her uncles who would be meeting the coach at Haverfordwest?

Contributors

Produced By:
Dafydd Gruffydd
Sarah Pitt-Royden:
Vera Meazey
Jonathan Pitt-Royden:
Tom Jones
Absolom Pitt-Royden:
Norman Wynne
Hippy Scandrett:
Donald Wells
Stephen St Helier:
John Darran
Mrs Maggs:
Dorothy Champion
Riding Officer Shell:
Ivor Maddox

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