Drama
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…
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 …
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 …
Romeo and Juliet
Read by Sam Stinson
William Shakespeare
Romeo and Juliet is an early tragedy by William Shakespeare about two teenage "star-cross'd lovers" whose "untimely deaths&qu…
Box 13
Mayfair Productions
BOX 13 features the adventures of Dan Holiday, an author who seeks inspiration for his mystery novels by placing an advertisement in a newsp…
The Tragedy of Macbeth
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William Shakespeare
Macbeth is a play written by William Shakespeare. It is considered one of his darkest and most powerful tragedies. Set in Scotland, the play…
Hercule Poirot
A small time private detective seeks and fails to persuade Poirot to assist him in finding a missing woman for his client. Meanwhile, the po…
Space Casey
Read by Christiana Ellis
Christiana Ellis
Some heroines will steal your heart. This one will steal your wallet. In the future, mankind has expanded to fill the solar system, but when…
Medea
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Euripides
Euripides' tragedy focuses on the disintegration of the relationship between Jason, the hero who captured the Golden Fleece, and Medea, the …
King Henry IV
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William Shakespeare
King Henry IV, Part 1 is the second of Shakespeare’s eight Wars of the Roses history plays, with events following those of King Richard II. …