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  1. Richard III (1946 Radio)

    Series
    Columbia Workshop
    Producer
    Richard Sanville

    Radio adaptation of Richard III by James and Elizabeth Hart with Laurence Olivier as Richard and Ralph Richardson as Buckingham.

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  2. Taming of the Shrew, The (1940 Radio)

    Series
    Columbia Workshop
    Director
    Phil Cohen (2)

    Radio broadcast. A musical version of The Taming of the Shrew written especially for Columbia Workshop. Few of Shakespeare’s lines survive in the modern dialogue. Carleton Young and Nan Sunderland play...

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  3. As You Like It (1939 Radio)

    Series
    Columbia Workshop
    Director
    Margaret Webster

    CBS radio broadcast. A heavily condensed version of As You Like It with its director, Margaret Webster as Rosalind. A long introductory narrative explains the plot.

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  4. Seems Radio is Here to Stay (1939 Radio)

    Series
    Columbia Workshop
    Director
    Norman Corwin

    Radio programme made to celebrate twenty five years of radio broadcasting. Includes mention of some of Shakespeare’s lines that have become clichés of the language followed by excerpts from Hamlet’s...

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  5. William Ireland’s Confession (1939 Radio)

    Series
    Columbia Workshop
    Director
    Stephen Potter

    Radio drama by Arthur Miller about the Shakespeare forger William Henry Ireland. Ireland’s ghost narrates the story.

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  6. Letter from Home (1939 Radio)

    Series
    Columbia Workshop
    Director
    Brewster Morgan

    Radio drama. A young woman tries to get her boyfriend to live in the big city with her. He tries to get her to settle down in their small town. She lists the horrors of staying, which include becoming a...

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  7. Rendezvous with Kit Carson (1939 Radio)

    Series
    Columbia Workshop
    Director
    Brewster Morgan

    Radio drama. In the preamble to a memory play about silk replacing beaver as a material for making hats, Kit Carson’s friend Doc mentions that his eyes are getting weak, which he blames on excessive...

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  8. Public Domain: Characters from Fiction Freed from the Copyright Law (1937 Radio)

    Series
    Columbia Workshop

    Radio broadcast. A discussion set in the land of Public Domain, in a fantastic kingdom where there is no copyright and fictional characters argue the pros and cons of copyright law. Such a debate occurs...

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  9. Macbeth (1937 Radio)

    Series
    Columbia Workshop
    Director
    Orson Welles; Irving Reis

    Radio production of Macbeth directed by Orson Welles. No information on cast known (7/2010).

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  10. Hamlet (1936 Radio)

    Series
    Columbia Workshop
    Director
    Irving Reis; Brewster Morgan

    Radio adaptation of Hamlet by Orson Welles who also played the title role. Irving Reis directed Part 1 and Brewster Morgan Part 2. Narrated by Edward Jerome.

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