A Masque in Sound
Written by W. E. H. ALLEN
Produced by CHARLES BREWER
Prologue. A Fantasy
Scene 1, King Leir (circa 800 B.C.)
Scene 2, Four Conquests : The Romans, A.D. 50 ;
The Saxons, A.D. 447 : The Danes, A.D. 918 ; The Normans, A.D. 1068.
Scene 3, Magna Carta. the Meeting of the Barons in Leicester Castle, A.D. 1201.
Scene 4. Simon de Montfort , the famous Earl of Leicester, visits his city, A.D. 1238.
Scone 5, John of Gaunt, A.D. 1380.
Scene 6. The Battle of Bosworth, A.D. 1485.
Scene 7. The Riding of the George, featuring the Feasts held on St. George's Day, during the fifteenth century
Scene 8, The Death of Wolsey at Leicester Abbey,
A.D. 1530.
Scene 9, Lady Jane Grey , A.D. 1553.
Scane 10, The Luddites. Ludham, who gave his name to the industrial rioters of the nineteenth century, was a Leicester man. The scene represents a riot at Loughborough in A.D. 1816.
Scene 11, St. Quentin, September 29, 1918 Epilogue, For the Future
Cast
Barbara Helliwell , Victor Tandy , John Lang , Stuart Vinden , Gladys Joiner , Godfrey Baseley , James Prodger , John Capel , Kathleen Henry , Wortley Allen , Lawrence Rushworth ,
William Hughes.