by Vernon Watkins with an introduction by THE AUTHOR
The Living:
William Squire , RACHEL THOMAS HAYDN JONES , JEFFREY SEGAL and WILLIAM EEDLE
The Dead:
AUBREY RICHARDS , BASIL JONES
Produced by DOUGLAS CLEVERDON
Mari Lwyd-the Grey Mare , symbolised by a horse's skull hung with ribbons-is by tradition in Wales carried from house to house on New Year's Eve by a party of singers and impromptu poets. In this dramatic ballad it is the Dead who return, carrying the Mari Lwyd , and the Living who, warming themselves at the fire, refuse entrance to the lonely Dead.
Third broadcast
The Ballad of the Outer Dark by Vernon Watkins : Sunday at
6.25 p.m.