Relayed from the Winter Gardens, Bournemouth
Concert No. 29 of the Thirty-third Winter Series
The Symphony Orchestra (50 Performers)
Conducted by Sir Dan Godfrey

From Birmingham
Conducted by PAUL RIMMER
LEWIS KNIGHT (Bass)

THE B.B.C. DANCE ORCHESTRA
Personally conducted by JACK PAYNE
ARTHUR CHESNEY (Comedian)
HILDA BRYANT (Soprano)

THE WIRELESS MILITARY BAND, conducted by B. WALTON O’DONNELL
LINDA SEYMOUR (Contralto) ; NORMAN VENNER
(Baritone)

A VIOLIN RECITAL

' THE CROSSING'
A Play for Broadcasting by HOLT MARVELL and CYRIL LISTER
Characters :

A Dialect Play by JOHN MACKIE and CONRAD CARTER
Presented by the Dramatic Section of THE SOCIETY OF SOMERSET FOLK
Characters:
Willy
Keziah Cullymore
William Penny (A Farm Labourer) Kitty Carey
Matilda Matthews (A Spinster) Joseph Lovibond (A Farmer) Polly Curtis (Village Gossip)
Thomas Matthews (A Maltster)
Crabby Curtis (A Corn Merchant's Clerk) Sam Sparks (A Blacksmith)
Danny Pitman (An Old Gaffer)
Benjamin Pearce (A Cattle
Dealer)
Charles Carey (Landlord of the Barley Mow )
1st Skimmerty Rider
2nd Skimmerty Rider,
Counsel for Prosecution, Counsel for Defence ; The Judge, Usher, Villagers, Policeman, Clerk of the Court
The story of the play is that of a maiden lady, Matilda Matthews , who falls from a ladder whilst apple-picking and sprains her ankle. She is succoured by Farmer Lovibond, an eligible bachelor. He carries her to the home she shares with her brother, and fusses around while the incompetent housekeeper (Keziah) is wondering what to do. Ultimately Lovibond bathes the swollen ankle, and is seen doing so by several witnesses, including Keziah, Polly Curtis (the village gossip), and Matthews himself, who, it appears, is a secret gambler and in financial straits. Very soon the whole parish believes that Lovibond is engaged to Matilda, and his daily visits to inquire after her health lend support to the rumour. Then Matthews, who has seen in the situation a source of possible profit and relief, interviews Lovibond as to his intentions and, as the result is unpromising, he engineers an action for ' breach,' Matilda being an unwilling tool in his hands. The parish is greatly excited over the affair, and at the Barley Mow discussion is frank and free. It is hero that Danny Pitman overhears the bargain between Matthews and Curtis, and secures the blotting-paper upon which incriminating words are recorded.
The Third Act shows the Court House at Wells Assizes. Several people are in the Public Gallery, among them Kitty, Penny, Sparks, Pearce, and Danny. Penny is talking to Kitty.
Incidental Music by the Parkington Quintet