Rashin nasarar Glastonbury Festivals ya hanzarta lokacin da Boughton, da ke nuna tausayi ga ma'aikatan ma'adinai da kuma yajin aiki na 1926
, ya nace kan shirya shahararren wasan kwaikwayon haihuwarsa "Bethlehem" (1915) a Church House, Westminster, London, tare da haihuwar Yesu a cikin gidan mai hakar ma'adinai da Hirudus a matsayin babban jari-hujja, wanda sojoji da 'yan sanda ke kewaye da shi. Wannan wasan kwaikwayon ya kai hari sosai ta hanyar "Daily Mail", yana haifar da "hue da kuka". Boughton kuma ya shiga Jam'iyyar Kwaminis ta Burtaniya (CPGB) kuma ya ba da cikakken bayani game da membobinsa. Wadannan abubuwan sun haifar da babban abin kunya ga mutanen Glastonbury waɗanda suka janye goyon bayansu daga Boughton, wanda ya sa 'yan wasan bikin suka shiga cikin ruwa.