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' A Christmas Party Eighty Years Ago': a true story by B. S. Egerton , told by Elizabeth
' Crossings '
A fairy play by Walter de la Mare
Freely adapted for broadcasting in two parts by David Davis with incidental music by C. Armstrong Gibbs
1 — ‘ Bayswater '
Singer, Diana Maddox Pianist. Gwenn Knight
Incidental music specially recorded by a section of the BBC West of England Light Orchestra
Conductor. Frank Cantell
Production by David Davis
The action takes place some fifty years ago. In a large gloomy house in Bayswater live the Wildersham family. Their mother is dead, and they are looked after by their father and their Aunt Agatha , a large forbidding lady with ideas on the proper bringing up of children. As the play opens, Sallie, the eldest, is sitting at the piano playing to Ann, the youngest Wildersham. Frances, their other sister, is out, and Tony their brother, is still at boarding school.
Port 2: tomorrow
C. Armstrong Gibbs writes on page 5

Contributors

Story By:
B. S. Egerton
Told By:
Elizabeth
Unknown:
David Davis
Singer:
Diana Maddox
Pianist:
Gwenn Knight
Conductor:
Frank Cantell
Production By:
David Davis
Unknown:
Aunt Agatha
Sallie:
Cherry Cottrell
Frances:
Diana Maddox
Ann:
Sheila Jervis
Tony:
David Page
Miss Wildersham:
Joan Clement Scott
Mr Wildersham:
Walter Hudd
Mrs Marshall:
Marjorie Westbury
Narrator:
Mary O'Farrell

Ada Alsop (soprano)
Anne Wood (contralto)
William Herbert (tenor)
Tom Williams (bass)
Huddersfield Choral Society
(Chorus-Master,
Herbert Bardgett )
BBC Northern Orchestra (Leader, Reginald Stead )
Conducted by Sir Malcolm Sargent
From the Town Hall, Huddersfield
Part 1

Contributors

Contralto:
Anne Wood
Tenor:
William Herbert
Bass:
Tom Williams
Chorus-Master:
Herbert Bardgett
Leader:
Reginald Stead
Conducted By:
Sir Malcolm Sargent

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