Author(s): Walter De la Mare
Under the terms of a will, the Wildersham children have to relocate from the family house in the city to “Crossings” in the country, and to spend the first fortnight alone fending for themselves in the house. The children encounter interesting country neighbors, including ghosts and fairies. Or are they dreaming?
Walter De La Mare was a poet, and we have a number of his poems available at Librivox. This is his only play: “Crossings was produced for the first time in 1919, at the Wick School, Hove, to celebrate the coming of Peace. With the exception of one grown-up, Mr. Sebastian Sprott, its characters were taken by boys aged fourteen, or under.” – Summary by ToddHW and Author
Cast list:Mr. Charles James Wildersham: Larry WilsonSarah, or Sallie (his First Daughter): EmmaHattonFrances, or France (his Second Daughter): TJ BurnsAnthony, or Tony (his Son): Tomas PeterAnn (his Third Daughter): Campbell SchelpMiss Agatha Wildersham (his Sister, and their Aunt, of Bayswater): Carol PelsterRev. Jeremy Welcome (Vicar of Little Crossings, and a friend of the children’s aunt, Susan, who is dead): Eva DavisMiss Julia Welcome (his Sister): AvailleJosephine (their Niece): Linda Olsen FitakLady Minch (of the Hall, Great Crossings): Anita Sloma-MartinezMr. Josiah Widge (the Cabman of Little Crossings): Scotty SmithMr. John Budge (the Butcher of Little Crossings): NemoMrs. Budge: Nichalia SchwartzJemima Budge (their small Daughter, also called Pollie): TriciaGMr. William Honeyman (the Baker of Little Crossings): Lynette CaulkinsMrs. Honeyman: Elsie SelwynEmily Honeyman (their small Daughter): Devorah AllenThe Candlestick-maker (of Nowhere): Chuck WilliamsonA Beggarman (of Everywhere): Elsie SelwynThe Queen of the Fairies: thestorygirlFairies, numberless and innumerable: Nichalia SchwartzMrs. Marshall (the family cook): Elsie SelwynStage Directions and Edited By: ToddHW