Dick Sheppard needed to have St. Martin’s Church renovated, so he appealed for thousands of pounds, and it was decided to have a Pageant of “Religion Through the Ages”; it was a huge undertaking, with everyone taking part, and with performances every evening for a week. He knew so many influential people, that he had no difficulty in obtaining the best to help. Laurence Housman to write the play, Ben Webster to produce it, and Gustav Holtz [Holst] to arrange the music. It was all tremendous fun ; I was one of the peasants of the Middle Ages.