By Howard Peacey
Three Excerpts presented by THE STATION REPERTORY PLAYERS
Cast:
Conspirators:
Followers of the Conspirators, Sheriff's Men, etc.
Scene I. A lofty, dimly-lit vault underground in Robert Catesby's house at Ashby, on October 19, 1605. At the rear are two heavy doors which admit to a secret chapel. The conspirators are grouped round a table, with the exception of Thomas Bates, who stands on guard at the door.
Scene II. A room in a house behind St. Clement's, London, in the early evening of November 4, 1605. Catesby, Winter, Christopher Wright and Guy Fawkes are playing cards.
Scene III. The courtyard of Holbeach House, an old moated residence about four miles from Stourbridge, in Staffordshire, at sunset on November 8. The conspirators, together with their followers, are besieged by Sir Richard Walsh , and they have just repulsed all attack.