Sword of Shame

THE PROGRAMME

Prologue-In which Michael Jecks tells of the creation of the sword and its first shameful use.

Act One-In which Bernard Knight’s Crowner John buys his officer a new sword, but soon regrets his generosity.

Act Two-In which Ian Morson relates Nick Zuliani’s deadly involvement in election fraud and murder in Venice in 1262.

Act Three-In which Michael Jecks’ Keeper Sir Baldwin and Bailiff Puttock learn how the sword could have been used in a martyrdom.

Act Four-In which Susanna Gregory’s Matthew Bartholomew and Brother Michael are sent to the remote Cambridgeshire village of Ickleton to investigate why the manor is behind with its rent. They discover passions and tempers running high.

Act Five-In which Philip Gooden’s player Nick Revill arrives at a snow-bound house to discover that, even after several hundred years, the Sword of Shame can still wreak havoc and murder.

Epilogue-In which Ian Morson comes up to modern times.