# Martha Vining — Short Fiction character guide

> Martha Vining in Short Fiction by Manly Wade Wellman.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0006-the-golgotha-dancers

## Who they are

A minor female character.

## In the story

### [Byron's Lost Play](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_37_se/chapters/ii-byron-s-lost-play)

Character actress present at the reading, assigned the role of Bridget.

### [III: Enter Judge Pursuivant](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_37_se/chapters/iii-enter-judge-pursuivant)

Present at the meeting; asks Varduk if Byron wrote the play in one sitting.

### [VI: The Theater in the Forest](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_37_se/chapters/vi-the-theater-in-the-forest)

Arrives at the theater as part of the cast.

### [VII: Rehearsal](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_37_se/chapters/vii-rehearsal)

Plays Bridget; cracks her voice for the centenarian role; reacts with horror to the stabbing.

### [Pursuivant Again](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_37_se/chapters/viii-pursuivant-again)

Confirms to Connatt that her script also lacks the final speech; mentioned the omission to Sigrid before breakfast.

### [X: That Evening](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_37_se/chapters/x-that-evening)

Participates in rehearsal and asks to keep her script.

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