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'THE BATTLE FOR ST. DAVID'S'

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by Rayner Heppenstall
Gerald of Barry (Giraldus Cambrensis)
Hugh Griffith
Harp music composed by Daniel Jones and played by Jeanne Chevreau
Produced by the author
The opening scene is laid in the castle of Chatlllon-sur-Seine in the summer of A.D. 1203. The five previous years are passed in review, and the scene moves to Rouen, to Pembrokeshire, and to Westminster

Contributors

Unknown:
Rayner Heppenstall
Unknown:
Hugh Griffith
Composed By:
Daniel Jones
Played By:
Jeanne Chevreau
Châtelaine:
Lydia Sherwood
Her brother:
Basil Jones
The Bards:
Meredith Edwards
and The Bards:
Prysor Williams
Llywelyn, Prince of North Wales:
John Glyn-Jones
Gwenwynwyn, Prince of mid-Wales:
Douglas Blackwell
Geoffrey Fitzpeter, justiciar:
Keith Pyott
Innocent III, Pope of Rome:
Alan Wheatley
Hubert Walter, Archbishop of Canterbury:
Leslie Perrins
King John:
Gerik Schjelderup
Eustace, Bishop of Ely:
Bryan Powley
An old woman of St David's:
Rachel Thomas
Narrator:
Anthony Jacobs

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