Drama
Hamlet
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William Shakespeare
Hamlet is commonly regarded as one of the greatest plays ever written. Drawing on Danish chronicles and the Elizabethan vogue for revenge tr…
Crime Classics
Read by Thomas Hyland
Crime Classics came to CBS on September 30, 1953, and was a captivating series of true crime stories. The show introduced itself succinctly:…
Othello
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William Shakespeare
Othello is the story of a cross-cultural romance between the title character, a noble moor who is a general in the Venetian army, and Desdem…
Dragnet
Jack Webb
Dragnet, the brainchild of Jack Webb, is one of the most well-remembered radio police drama series. From September 1949 through February 195…
Dark Fantasy
Scott Bishop
Dark Fantasy was a short series featuring tales of the weird and adventures of the supernatural, created by Scott Bishop. The series aired a…
King Lear
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William Shakespeare
King Lear is widely held as the greatest of Shakespeare's tragedies; to some, it is the greatest play ever written. King Lear abdicates the …
Twelfth Night
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William Shakespeare
Hidden and mistaken identities, requited and unrequited loves, pranks and jokes abound in this romantic comedy. (Summary by Karen Savage)Cas…
The Parasite
Read by Carl Vonnoh, III
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Being a physiologist, Austin Gilroy is unconvinced that the occult is real. His friend Professor Wilson, however, is not only convinced that…
Les Précieuses ridicules
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Molière
Madelon et Cathos, deux jeunes provinciales, arrivent à Paris en quête d'amour et de jeux d'esprit. Gorgibus, père de Ma…
Romeo and Juliet
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William Shakespeare
Romeo and Juliet is Shakespeare's famous tragedy of two "star-crossed lovers" from rival houses. Romeo and Juliet meet at a party …
The Whistler
The Whistler is a haunting radio series that immerses you in the eerie atmosphere of night-time streets, where the sound of footsteps and a …
The Black Museum
Read by Orson Welles
Harry Alan Towers
The Black Museum, opening in 1875, is the oldest museum in the world dedicated to recording crime. Coined in 1877 by a reporter, the name &q…
Escape
Escape is a dramatic adventure anthology series that aired from 1947 to 1954. Known for its shifting time slots, it captivated audiences wit…
Cloak and Dagger
Corey Ford and Alastair MacBain
Cloak and Dagger opened over the NBC network on May 7, 1950, and had a short run through the summer on Sundays, changing to Fridays after it…
A Doll's House
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Henrik Ibsen
A Doll's House, written two years after The Pillars of Society, was the first of Ibsen's plays to create a sensation and is now perhaps his …
Richard III
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William Shakespeare
Richard III is an early history play probably written and performed around 1592-93. It is the culmination of Shakespeare's earlier three pla…
Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar
Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar is a captivating radio series that aired for over twelve years, from 1949 through 1962, featuring the adventures …
Faust
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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Faust widmet sich im zweiten Teil aktiv verschiedenen Tätigkeiten und entspricht damit einem Ideal der Klassik: Der Mensch soll alle se…
CBS Radio Workshop
CBS Radio Workshop
CBS Radio Workshop was a revival of the Columbia Workshop of the late thirties. All 86 episodes survive today. The series aired from January…
The Mayor of Casterbridge
Read by Bruce Pirie
Thomas Hardy
Irritated and drunken, an itinerant farm-worker sells his wife and child to a stranger. Thus begins The Mayor of Casterbridge, set in rural …