Searles, Baird.
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Dying words (Episode 8 of 29, Part 2 of 2)
A concert reading by WBAI’s Word Players about death, in five loosely defined movements: Statistical, Literary, Anthropological, Camp, and Reality. Sources include Edgar Allan Poe, William Shakespeare, the World Almanac, Catullus, Lewis Carroll, The Book of the Dead, Kenneth Lillquist, Arthur Machen, Rainer Maria Rilke, and the “Report of the National Advisory Committee on Civil…
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Council of Elrond / by J.R.R. Tolkin ; read by Baird Searles.
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Magic or not : chapter 4 / by Edward Eager ; read by Baird Searles.
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The Boats of the Glen Carrig / by William Hope Godgeson ; read by Baird Searles.
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There’s a little ambiguity over there among the bluebells, and other theater poems (Episode 29 of 29)
A series of poetic plays by Ruth Krauss (1901-1993) demonstrating the possibilities of selection and juxtaposition. This was the final production of the Word Players. The Word Players are: David Haight, Susan Miller, Sherry Pockell, Ann Rivers, Julie Scherer and Edgar Walker. Directed by Baird Searles, with technical production by David Rapkin. “There’s a little…
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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…
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A diary in topaz (Episode 25 of 29)
The Word Players perform this play for radio written especially for the Word Players by American playwright Kenneth Lillquist. The story is a love affair, told with voices of Light and Darkness. Cast includes Gil Jardine, Sherry Pockell, and Edgar Walker as the Voices of Light; and David Haight and Ann Rivers as the Voices…
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Guide to Central Park / by Thomas Addison Richards ; read by Baird Searles.
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News from nowhere / by William Morris ; read by Baird Searles.
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Whither science fiction? / moderated by Baird Searles.