with Campbell Cotts Derek Birch and Robert Urquhart
The love story of Mary Queen of Scots by Margaret Irwin
Dramatised as a play for radio in four parts by Spike Hughes
Incidental music composed by Frank Cordell
4 — ' No More A-Roving '
The Orchestra
(Leader, Percy Coates )
Conducted by Frank Cordell
Production by Douglas Moodie
Once again Henry, Lord Darnley, proved himself an unworthy consort for the Queen of Scots. His plots against her, which culminated in his conspicuous absence from the christening of their son and his sudden departure from Stirling, caused Mary to follow hdm to Glasgow where -he nursed him through smallpox. Together they returned to Edinburgh where he elected to stay at Kirk o' Field. On the night of Carnival Sunday. Mary left him to attend a ball at Holyrood Palace. After the dancing ended and the music was stilled, the city of Edinburgh was shaken by a tremendous explosion. The King and his servants had been blown up by gunpowder. When the noise of the explosion died away, another ominous sound was heard; the whispering campaign accusing the Earl of Bothwell of the murder of the King. Bothwell agreed to face his accusers and the date of the trial was named.