The Fabulous Dr. Tweedy: The Bum – transcript- from: Generic Radio
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The Eternal Light: The Light in Darkness – transcript- from: Microphone Plays
Before becoming Helen Keller’s “Miracle Worker,” Anne Sullivan spends her childhood in a Massachusetts poorhouse surrounded by the mentally ill. A biographical sketch from a public service series that tried to promote religious tolerance with what the New York Times called “fine and sensitive dramas which stand very much on their own merit as radio plays.”
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The Columbia Workshop: Air Raid – transcript- from: Generic Radio
Archibald MacLeish’s poetic dramatization of the threat of an air raid on a small town. Premiering a few nights before the Mercury Theatre’s “War of the Worlds,” this play is cited by John Houseman as an influence on that famous broadcast.
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Arch Oboler’s Plays: Another World (aka Alter Ego) – transcript- from: Generic Radio
A frequently-revived “Lights Out” thriller about a woman with an evil alter ego driving her into madness.
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Calling All Cars: The Execution Of John Dillinger – transcript- from: Generic Radio
Broadcast three days after the gangster’s death, this is a not-entirely-accurate dramatization of Dillinger’s criminal career.
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