THE ROCHESTER TAPES PART 1

THE PLAYERS

In order of appearance

Mrs Butterly in charge of tourist purchases stall at cathedral

(unnamed) Surveyor to the Cathedral Fabric

Dr Peter Proctor, Dean of Rochester

Rt Rev Harry Diwali, Bishop of Rochester

(unnamed) Man in black-windowed limousine

D D (known as CC) Ryder, personable young archivist, broadcaster and multi-skilled daughter of a stage magician

Nell Bell, five year-old child

God, an almighty Being prayed to by some

Polly Proctor, the Dean’s wife

Tom Ennis, an exhausted policeman, temporarily inactive

Lizzie Ennis, his wife

Littlepig, Marker and Meggie, awful (and not always fully visible) supposed survivors from the Uncommonly Dark Ages

Bertice Toussaint, forensic psychologist and authority on Voodoo

Dicey Scunner, long-retired master of a Thames barge, his memories being recorded as oral history by CC

Charlie Nobbs, friend of Dicey, way back

Floral, intimate friend of Charlie

Foxy Tod, Floral’s nephew

Dobbie the Snob, self-employed shoe-mender.  But his actual existence has been questioned by some

Dai Bob Sharp, second hand car-dealer and minor villain

Mayberry Gordon Jenkins and Olwen Parry Thomas, police constables in South Wales, keeping watch on Dai Bob Sharp

Lewis Williams, manager of the Clydach Old Ebenezer New Choir

Madam Margaret Blodwen Jones, coloratura contralto who was expected to join the choir party but didn’t

Lily (known as Cushy) Butterfield, long-distance driver

Polly Perkins, name adopted by Polly Proctor

Margaret Goose, widow (96), memories recorded by CC.

Dex Forthright, antiquarian bookseller, cousin to Lizzie Ennis

Unnamed outspoken doctor (GP)

A grey lady in Gravesend  (identity later revealed)

Hengist and Horsa (mentioned only, but do not believe all you hear)

Martha Proctor, the aforesaid grey lady, now revealing herself to be Peter Proctor’s sister.

Mr Proctor, the Elder, hateful creature, thankfully dead

Mrs Proctor, wife of last, a drunk, also dead.

Dorrie,  Cushie’s pretty lodger

Benjamin Bell, known as ‘Big Ben’, Cushy’s semi-detached lover

Loveless Joy (later known as Rocker Joy) acquaintance of CC.