From the Vault continues this week with Part 2 of a 1963 performance of Oscar Wilde's classic play Salome, adapted for radio and directed by fabled actor Leonard Nimoy. Pacifica Radio Archives Director Brian DeShazor had the good fortune to chat with Mr. Nimoy and his wife Susan recently, more than fifty years after the original broadcast, and learn how a chance encounter on the sidewalk outside of KPFK Los Angeles with the station's Arts and Literature Director Ruth Seymour developed into almost certainly the first radio broadcast performance of Wilde's 1891 classic tragedy. It is only logical that you enjoy the warmth, wisdom, and backstories from the man who crafted Mr. Spock, one of the most endearing and beloved television and movie characters ever. Salome is presented in two parts over two episodes. Part 2 of 2.
From the Vault is presented as part of the Pacifica Radio Archives Preservation and Access Project, funded in part by an award from the GRAMMY Foundation and the National Historical Publications and Records Commission at the National Archives and Records Administration, and past grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Ford Foundation, and the American Archive funded by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, along with the generous support of Pacifica Radio Listeners. We also thank our partners and collaborators at the Pop-Up Archive, Amara, Other Minds Archives, George Blood Audio, and the California Audio Visual Preservation Project.
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