A dramatisation of a Herefordshire folk-tale by HELEN ENOCH
Scene i. A sitting-room in Hergest
Court one hundred years ago.
Characters
Martha Jones , caretaker.
Emily Davies , her friend
Scene 2. (a) Outside the palisade ot Hergest Court, 1468; (b) Inside the great hall
Characters
Hildebrand, a Yorkist nobleman ; Owen, his serving man ; Black Vaughan ; Retainers ; Serving man; Welsh bard;
Welsh serving maid
Scene 3. Kington Market, about 1470
Characters
Watkins, a market carrier ; Mrs. Lewis, Mrs. Morgan, Mrs. Evans, Mrs. Hughes : Market women; George
Morgan ; Wesley Evans , a verger
Scene 4. Hergest Court one hundred years ago
Characters
Martha Jones; Emily Davies ;
John Jones
The cast includes
NITA VALERIE , JOHN LANG , GLADYS JOINER , ALFRED BUTLER , HILDA BIRCH , GODFREY BASELEY , MABEL FRANCE, JOHN BENTLEY , DENIS FOLWELL , HELEN
ENOCH
Production by MARTYN C. WEBSTER
Helen Enoch is a native of Leominster, and studied at Hereford County College. She began literary work with The Contemporary Review in 1920 ; and has broadcast frequently on legends and folk-lore. Her microphone appearances total one short of a hundred, and she was the first person to broadcast from the present Birmingham Studios in Broad Street, in January, 1926.