Radio adaptations.

  • The Room / by Harold Pinter ; directed by John Chace.

    Performance of Pinter’s play for radio.

  • Romeo and Juliet (Episode 27 of 29)

    The Word Players perform a fragmented, splintered version of William Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet” for WBAI’s Mind’s Eye Theatre. The cast includes Gil Jardine, David Haight and Edgar Walker as Romeo; Susan Miller, Sherry Pockell, Ann Rivers and Julie Scherer. Music mixed by David Kavanaugh. Production assistant: Ann Goldberg. Technical direction by David Lerner. Directed…

  • The eagle and the rock (Episode 4 of 29)

    A modern fable in one act by Frank Moffett Mosier. A conversation between an eagle and a rock, in which the world and the human race are discussed from an outside point of view. Features Joseph M. Hamer as the eagle and Bill Wiley as the rock. Directed by Sarah Schilling. Mosier is billed as…

  • The birth of Venus (Episode 6 of 29)

    Performance of a play by Frank Moffett Mosier, taking place in the 12th century, that concerns a visit by the Baron Paolo di Stefano to the Princess Andrina of Naples while her husband is away fighting the Turks, and gives a wry look at the medieval ideal of courtly love. The cast includes Linda Phillips…

  • Titus groan (Episode 1 of 29)

    Dramatic readings from the first installment of the “Gormenghast” trilogy by British science fiction author Mervyn Peake (1911-1968), adapted for WBAI’s Mind’s Eye Theatre by kind permission of the U.S. publisher Weybright and Talley. The novels concern the enclosed, created world of the great castle of Gormenghast and its inhabitants, ruled by ritual and torn…

  • Iscariot (Episode 14 of 29)

    Adaptation of Frank Moffett Mosier’s play set in the Near East during the Roman Empire,and focussing on the relationship between Judas Iscariot and an unnamed friend. Features Joseph M. Hamer as Judas Iscariot and Jonathan Fox as the friend. Directed by Sarah Schilling. Technical production by Richard Brause. Frank Moffett Mosier is the author of…

  • Swanwhite (Episode 23 of 29)

    Radio adaptation of a play by Swedish playwright August Strindberg (1849-1912), cast in the form of a classic fairy tale but with depths and depths. Julienne Marie plays the title role; the cast also includes Larry Gates, Sue Lawless, Herb Sufrin, Charlotte Lane, Victor Arnold and Sheldon Baron. Technical production by David Rapkin. Adapted, directed,…

  • Guest of honor (Episode 28 of 29)

    A radio adaptation of a short play by Howard Pflanzer based on events that transpire over the course of a party. Featuring the voices of Joanne Hill, Yvon Dihe, Charles Woodruff, Angela Cheyne, and Lew Patterson as the voice of Tibor. Technical direction by David Rapkin. Directed by Sarah Sanders for WBAI’s Mind’s Eye Theatre.…

  • A Man’s a man / by Bertolt Brecht ; adapted by Eric Bentley ; directed by John Hancock.

    Performance of Brecht’s play.|A MAN’S A MAN / by Bertolt Brecht| adapted by Eric Bentley| directed by John Hancock. SEREIS: Bentley on Brecht| no. 3 – Performance of an adaptation of Brecht’s play. CAST: John Heffernan, Jenny Egan, Michael Granger, Maurice Edwards, Ralf von Boda and Eric Bentley. – BROADCAST: WBAI, 23 Jan. 1964.

  • The Exception and the rule / by Bertolt Brecht ; directed by Isaiah Sheffer.

    Performance of Brecht’s play by the original off-Broadway cast.|THE EXCEPTION AND THE RULE / by Bertolt Brecht| directed by Isaiah Sheffer. SERIES: Bentley on Brecht| no. 2 – Performance of Brecht’s play by the original off-Broadway cast. CAST: Paul Richards and Joseph Chuikin. – RECORDED: From a Folkway’s recording. BROADCAST: WBAI, 14 June 1967.