THE CROSSING
[RADIO-SCRIPT]
An original radio play first produced in 1928 from London. Holt Marvel was the nom de plume of
Eric Maschwitz.
[Program information]
ORIGINATION: 2LO, London (BBC), et al.
DURATION: August 7, 1928, et al.
PERSONNEL: Horace Brown (adapter—Toronto, 1937), Cyril Lister (scriptwriter), Rupert Lucas
(producer—Toronto, 1937), Holt Marvell(scriptwriter), Herbert Rice (director—WMAK, 1930).
CAST [1928, 5GB]: Matthew Boulton (A Porter), Dorothy Holmes-Gore (Jane), Raymond
Trafford (An Old Man), Patrick Waddington (Gerald).
CAST [1928, 2LO & 5XX]: Cecil Calvert (A Porter), Philip Cunningham (Gerald), Dorothy
Holmes-Gore (Jane), Raymond Trafford (An Old Man).
CAST [1928, 2LO]: Cecil Calvert (A Porter), Dorothy Holmes-Gore (Jane), George Thirlwell
(Gerald), Raymond Trafford (An Old Man).
CAST [1930, WMAK]: Fred Dampier, Lorraine Pankow, Herbert Rice.
CAST [1934]: Cathleen Cordell, George Ide, Eric Lugg, Charles Mason.
EXTANT RECORDINGS: None.
[Program log]
TWO PLAYS (5GB, DAVENTRY)
[Thursday—10:15-11:15 PM]
April 19, 1928 “The Crossing” / The Third Act of “Apples and Eve”
(2LO, LONDON & 5XX, DAVENTRY)
[Monday—10:30-11:00 PM]
July 2, 1928 “The Crossing”
[“…The Continental Boat Train is due to leave the Southern Terminus in
a few minutes. The platform is like a stage where passengers, porters,
newsboys, guards and inspectors are playing their cheerful, bustling
parts in the diurnal tragi-comedy of departure…”]
(2LO, LONDON)
[Tuesday—10:00-10:30 PM]
August 7, 1928 “The Crossing”
(5GB, DAVENTRY)
[Saturday—7:30-8:20 PM]
February 8, 1930 “Witch Wife” / “The Crossing”
(WMAK, BUFFALO)
[Thursday—8:30-9:00 PM]
August 21, 1930 “The Crossing”
THE ENTERTAINMENT HOUR (LONDON REGIONAL)
[Wednesday—8:00-9:00 PM]
August 15, 1934 “Round the World in Twenty-five Minutes” / “The Crossing” / Tune-a-
Minute”
DRAMA SERIES 6 (TORONTO)
[Sunday—
April 25, 1937 “The Crossing”