Radio adaptations.


  • The skills of Xanadu (Episode 8 of 14)

    Performance of Theodore Sturgeon’s story for WBAI’s 99.5 Radio Theatre. The story tells of a representative of the expansionist, imperialistic culture of the planet Kit Carson, and his encounter with the deceptively pastoral culture of Xanadu. Adapted by Baird Searles, with Larry Holpp, Anthony Abeson, Annette Oliver, Cliff May and Deborah Jowitt. Presented by express…


  • The Bobbity-Ba letters (Episode 5 of 14)

    A dramatic reading of an imaginary correspondence between Victorian poet Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806-1861) and British Prime Minister Sir Robert Peel (1788-1850). One of a series of mythical correspondences originally printed in Punch, this program was written by Patrick Ryan. The dramatis personae consists of Randa Haines and Mike Hodel. This recording was formerly cataloged…


  • Voices from the Kansas frontier / by Johanna L. Stratton ; produced by Clare Kern.

    Dramatic radio adaptation of Stratton’s book Pioneer Women: voices from the Kansas frontier about the life of women on the frontier.


  • Swan Lake / Jacki Apple.

    Ongoing weekly program which introduces the work of leading performance artists, playwrights, new music composers, and radio producers who explore the creative potential of radio as an experimental medium.|SWAN LAKE / Jacki Apple. – SERIES: New American radio| no. 17 – Ongoing weekly program which introduces the work of leading performance artists, playwrights, new music…


  • Brewsie and Willie / by Gertrude Stein.

    Radio adaptation of Stein’s writings on two World War II American G.I.s.


  • Pinocchio / produced by Cecil B. DeMille.

    Radio adaptation of Walt Disney’s movie.|PINOCCHIO / produced by Cecil B. DeMille. – SERIES: Lux radio theatre – Radio adaptation of Walt Disney’s media. – RECORDED: Dec. 25, 1939. A CBS broadcast. BROADCAST: KPFK, Dec. 21 1977.


  • Robeson before HUAC.

    Excerpt from the play Are You Now or Have You Ever Been, featuring Paul Robeson’s testimony before the House Committee on Un-American activities.|ROBESON BEFORE HUAC – This program contains an excerpt from the play, “Are You Now or Have You Ever Been”, featuring Paul Robeson’s testimony before the House Committee on Un-American Activities. Play is…


  • The Judgement / by Franz Kafka.

    Dramatic radio adaptation of Kafka’s short story.


  • The Moonlit road / by Ambrose Bierce.

    Dramatic radio adaptation of Bierce’s detective short story.


  • Atrophy / by J. Anthony West.

    Dramatic radio adaptation of West’s short story.