Radio adaptations.
| PRA Archive # | Title | Description | Genre |
Broadcast Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BC0980 | The Lawrence strike / Meredith Tax ; produced by Ann Snitow. |
This program is a history of the Lawrence Strike, a poetic adaptation of "The Rising of the... |
American Women -- Work and unions, American Women -- Radio | WBAI, May 21, 1972 |
| BB2082 | Roman fever / by Edith Wharton; adapted by Erik Bauersfeld |
This is a radio play based on Edith Wharton’s short story "Roman Fever" about two... |
American Women -- Theater | KPFA, November 16, 1964 |
| PZ0147.11 | Haircut / by Ring Lardner ; produced by David Ossman and Leo Lee. |
Adaptation of the Ring Lardner short story "Haircut." The story takes place at two... |
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| SZ0111 | Dracula / by Bram Stoker ; produced by Orson Welles. |
Radio adaptation of the English novel.|DRACULA / by Bram Stoker| produced and introduced by... |
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| BZ4909 | Madeline / produced by Midwest Radio Theatre, KOPN. |
Radio adaptation of Edgar Allen Poe's novelle, "Fall of the House of Usher," by... |
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| PZ0147.10 | By his bootstraps / by Robert A. Heinlein ; adapted and produced by Yuri Rasovsky ; featuring Richard Dreyfuss. |
Radio adaptation of Heinlein's science fiction story about the convergence of various older... |
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| IZ0065 | Kristina talking pictures / by Yvonne Rainer. |
A film for radio produced by the Audio-Experimental Theatre with assistance by Charles Ruas. |
WBAI, Sept. 24, 1976. | |
| IZ0052 | A Beckett-Mabou Mines double bill / produced for radio by Rick Harris. |
Works by Samuel Beckett performed by the Mabou-Mines company with Philip Glass, David Warrilow,... ,r.1. The Lost ones. -- r.2. Interview with the Mabou Mines. -- r.3. Cascando. ,r.1. The Lost ones. -- r.2. Interview with the Mabou Mines. -- r.3. Cascando. |
WBAI, Oct. 1, 1976. | |
| BC0825.10-.12 | The Count of Monte Cristo : parts four through six / by Alexandre Dumas ; adapted by Charles Potter and David Rapkin. |
Adaptation of Dumas' novel for radio. Also includes adaptations of J.M. Synge's Riders... ,CONTANT: r.1. The Count of Monte Cristo / Alexander Dumas (37 min.) -- r.2. The Count of Monte... |
WBAI, Jan. 1973. | |
| BC0825.01-.02 | Johnny got his gun / by Dalton Trumbo ; adapted by Milton Hoffman and David Rapkin. |
Adaptation of Trumbo's novel as a play for radio. |
WBAI, Jan. 1972. | |
| IZ0035B | Good woman of Setzuan / by Bertolt Brecht ; directed by Andrei Serban.(Part 2 of 2) |
La Mama production with music by Elizabeth Swados. |
WBAI, Feb. 15, 1976. | |
| IZ0035A | Good woman of Setzuan / by Bertolt Brecht ; directed by Andrei Serban.(Part 1 of 2) |
La Mama production with music by Elizabeth Swados. |
WBAI, Feb. 15, 1976. | |
| BC0825.08 | The Count of Monte Cristo : part three / by Alexandre Dumas ; adapted by Charles Potter. |
Adaptation of Dumas' novel for radio. Also includes an adaptation of Ambrose Bierce's... |
WBAI, Dec. 1972. | |
| BC0825.09 | The Man higher up / by O. Henry ; adapted by Charles Potter and David Rapkin. |
Adaptation of Henry's short story for radio. |
WBAI, Dec. 1972. | |
| BC0958 | The Catonsville verdict / by Daniel Berrigan ; directed by Jim Stanton. |
Dramatization of Berrigan's account of his brother, Philip, who was tried for destroying... |
WBAI, 6 Oct. 1971. | |
| BC0965 | Troilus and Cressida / by William Shakespeare ; produced by R. Rotko. |
Adaptation of Shakespeare's drama for radio. |
WBAI, 4 June 1972. | |
| BB3662 | Afraid to Fight / by George Courteline ; introduced and translated by Albert Bermel ; produced by Fred Croton. |
Adaptation of Courteline's play for radio. |
WBAI, 30 Oct. 1963. | |
| BB3663 | Hold on Hortense / by George Courteline ; introduced and translated by Albert Bermel ; produced by Fred Croton. |
Adaptation of Courteline's play for radio.|HOLD ON HORTENSE / by George Courteline|... |
WBAI, 30 Oct. 1963. | |
| BC0825.14-.18 | The Count of Monte Cristo : parts seven through eleven / Alexandre Dumas ; adapted by Charles Potter and David Rapkin. |
Adaptation of Dumas' novel for radio. Includes adaptations of Anton Chekov's The... ,r.1. The Count of Monte Cristo / Alexander Dumas ; The Chemist's wife / Anton Chekov (31... |
WBAI, 3 Apr.-11 Dec. 1973. | |
| BB3350 | Daisy Miller / dramatization by Theatre 12. |
Adaptation of the play for radio. ,r.1. Part one (51 min.) -- r.2. Part two (51 min.) -- r.3. Continuity tape for the entire... |
WBAI, 3 Apr. 1963. | |
| BC2082 | Panic in Salem : the Radio / produced by Tim Jerome and Charles Potter. |
Play about witchcraft adapted for radio. |
WBAI, 27 Nov. 1974. | |
| BC2294 | What the woman lived : Louise Bogan in her letters and poems / produced by Rick Harris and Bill Kortum |
A dramatization of poet Louise Bogan's (1897-1970) life recorded in May 1975 at the... |
American Women -- Poetry, American Women -- Theater | WBAI, 26 May and 14 Nov. 1975 |
| BB3779.03 | 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... |
WBAI, 23 Jan. 1964. | |
| BC0668 | As You Like It / by William Shakespeare ; produced by John Lithgow. |
Dramatic radio adaptation of Shakespeare's play. |
WBAI, 21 Dec. 1971. | |
| BB4036 | Hagoromo / read by Betty Esner. |
Reading of the 14th century Japanese play. |
WBAI, 21 Apr. 1963. | |
| BC2687 | Robeson before HUAC. |
Excerpt from the play Are You Now or Have You Ever Been, featuring Paul Robeson's testimony... |
WBAI, 1974. | |
| BC0825.13 | A Walk with the beast / produced by Charles Potter, Timothy Jerome, and David Rapkin. |
Adaptation of the play for radio. |
WBAI, 1973. | |
| BC0746 | Johnny got his gun / by Dalton Trumbo ; produced by Milton Hoffman and David Rapkin. |
Adaptation of the first section of Trumbo's drama, entitled The Deat. |
WBAI, 1972. | |
| BC0825.03 | Two horror adaptations / by W.W. Jacobs and Edgar Allen Poe ; adapted by Charles Potter and David Rapkin. |
Adaptation of Jacobs' The Monkey's Paw and Poe's Cask of Amontillado for radio.... |
WBAI, 1972. | |
| BC0825.04 | Two by Leo Tolstoy / adapted by Charles Potter and David Rapkin. |
Adaptation of God Sees the Truth but Waits and Fate Knocks at the Door for radio. |
WBAI, 1972. | |
| BC0825.05-.06 | The Count of Monte Cristo : parts one and two / by Alexandre Dumas ; produced by Charles Potter. |
Adaptation of Dumas' novel, and two other short radio adaptations. ,r.1. The Count of Monte Cristo / Alexander Dumas ; ; That low Theodore Sturgeon (28 min.) -- r.2... |
WBAI, 1972. | |
| BC0825.07 | The Giant's stair / by Wilbur Daniel Steele ; produced by David Rapkin. |
Adaptation of Steele's 1938 drama for radio. |
WBAI, 1972. | |
| BC2656 | A Fable : a theatre document for radio / by Jean-Claude van Itallie ; directed by Joseph Chaikin ; interviewed by Rick Harris. |
The author and director of the drama discuss their work. Includes excerpts from rehersals and an... |
WBAI, 197-. | |
| BC2659 | Three one act plays. |
Dramatic adaptation of three one act plays by three dramatists. ,r.1. A Man with a flower in his mouth / Luigi Pirandell -- Krapp's last tape / Samuel... |
WBAI, 197-. | |
| BB3779.02 | 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... |
WBAI, 14 June 1967. | |
| BB3324 | Hundred thousand songs of Milarepa / by Garma E.C. Chang ; produced by Dick Elman. |
Dramatization of Chang's work for radio. |
WBAI, 12 Nov. 1963. | |
| BB5358 | The Debate / Maria Piscator. |
Dramatic radio adaptation of events at the Paris Commune of 1871. |
WBAI, 11 Sept. 1971. | |
| BB4035 | The Room / by Harold Pinter ; directed by John Chace. |
Performance of Pinter's play for radio. |
WBAI, 1 Oct. 1963. | |
| BB3704 | L'Ecole des Veuves / by Jean Cocteau. |
Reading of the French play. |
WBAI, 1 June 1966. | |
| SZ0669.12 | The Man in the case / by Anton Chekhov and Wendy Wasserstein ; produced and directed by Marjorie Van Halteren. |
Performance of Wendy Wasserstein's adaptation of Chekhov's story. Wendy Wasserstein... |
Satellite, 8 Mar. 1992. | |
| SZ0495.17 | Swan Lake / Jacki Apple. |
Ongoing weekly program which introduces the work of leading performance artists, playwrights,... ,Apple performs a satirical, ironic film "ballet" for radio. The original Swan Lake... |
Satellite, 1989 | |
| TZ0023 | 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... |
KPFT, July 1983. | |
| BC0820 | Reunion / by Jim Bernhard ; directed by Roger S. Glade. |
Adaptation of Bernhard's Playwright's Showcase production for the radio. |
KPFT, 22 May 1972. | |
| BC0854 | MacBeth and the ten pin murders / written and produced by Mad Dog Lubowsky. |
Satirical adaptation of William Shakespeare's play. |
KPFT, 1972. | |
| KZ0129 | Food of the Gods / by H.G. Wells ; produced by Mike Hodel. |
Radio adaptation of the science fiction story. |
KPFK, Sept. 5, 1975. | |
| KZ0802 | Fanshen / by David Hare ; produced by Paul Vangelisti ; directed by Patrick Tovatt. |
Docu-drama based on William Hinton's book about the Chinese revolution. |
KPFK, Sept. 20, 1978. | |
| KZ0796 | Six characters in search of an author / by Luigi Pirandello ; directed and produced by Paul Vangelisti. |
Radio adaptation of the play. |
KPFK, Oct. 29, 1980. | |
| KZ0503 | Salome / by Oscar Wilde ; directed by Beatrice Manley ; produced by Jay Kugelman. |
Dramatic adaptation. |
KPFK, Oct. 19, 1977. | |
| KZ0306 | Meet me in St. Louis : a rehearsal. |
Dress rehearsal of radio adaptation the day before broadcast; stars Judy Garland, Margaret O... |
KPFK, Nov., 1977. | |
| KZ0296 | Lord Arthur Saville's crime / by Oscar Wilde. |
Dramatic radio adaptation starring Sir Lawrence Olivier. |
KPFK, Nov. 8, 1977. | |
| KZ0797 | The Condor / by Corrado Costa ; translated and adapted by Paul Vangelisti. |
Radio adaptation of Italian poet's play. |
KPFK, Nov. 22, 1978. | |
| KZ0187 | King Solomon's mines. |
Radio adaptation of the film; Deborah Kerr and Stewart Granger recreate roles. |
KPFK, May, 1977. | |
| KZ0542 | Brewsie and Willie / by Gertrude Stein. |
Radio adaptation of Stein's writings on two World War II American G.I.s. |
KPFK, Mar. 9, 1978. | |
| KZ1100 | Night visit / by Friedrich Durrenmatt;: adapted by J.S. Young. The Thirst / by Flann O'Brien ; produced by Paul Vangelisti. |
Two plays adapted for radio. |
KPFK, Mar. 30, 1982. | |
| KZ0543 | Epitaphs / by Edgar Lee Masters ; directed and narrated by William Conrad. |
Radio adaptation of a section of Masters' Spoon River Anthology . |
KPFK, Mar. 3, 1978. | |
| KZ0685 | Fort Apache. |
Radio adaptation of the Western film. |
KPFK, June, 1979. | |
| KZ0205 | Stagecoach. |
Radio adaptation of the film; Claire Trevor and Randolph Scott. |
KPFK, June, 1977. | |
| KZ0550 | The Maltese falcon / by Dashiell Hammett. |
Radio adaptation of the adventure film. |
KPFK, June 2, 1979. | |
| KZ0188 | My man Godfrey. |
Radio adaptation of film comedy; Carole Lombard, William Powell, David Niven, Gail Patrick, and... |
KPFK, July 1977. | |
| KZ0466 | The Day the earth stood still. |
Radio adaptation of the science fiction film. |
KPFK, July 14, 1977. | |
| KZ0175 | Gaslight / Ingrid Bergman and Charles Boyer. |
Radio adaptation of their 1944 oscar winning performance. |
KPFK, July 1, 1977. | |
| BC2704 | An Island in the moon / by William Blake ; produced by Everett C. Frost. |
Radio adaptation of Blake's satirical drama written about 1784. |
KPFK, Jan. 1976. | |
| KZ1098 | The Dutchman / by Imamu Amiri Baraka ; directed by Paul Vangelisti. |
One-act play. |
KPFK, Jan. 12, 1982. | |
| KZ0872 | What of the night / by Cyrus Lillian ; directed by Paul Vangelisti and William Wintersole ; produced by Paul Vangelisti and Bill Hunt. |
Radio play adapted from the novel Nightwood by Djuna Barnes. |
KPFK, Feb. 27, 1980. | |
| KZ0026 | Village wooing : three conversations / by George Bernard Shaw ; adapted by Charles Morgan. |
Radio adaptation of Shaw's romantic work. |
KPFK, Feb. 14, 1975. | |
| KZ0105 | The Alexandria Quartet / by Lawrence Durrell ; produced by Jay Kugelman and Philmene Long |
Readings of the four novels. Introduction by Henry Miller. ,r.1-10. Justine. -- r.11-22. Balthazar. -- r.23-36. Mountolive. -- r.37-48. Clea. |
KPFK, Dec. 25-31, 1976. | |
| KZ0465 | Pinocchio / produced by Cecil B. DeMille. |
Radio adaptation of Walt Disney's movie.|PINOCCHIO / produced by Cecil B. DeMille... |
KPFK, Dec. 21, 1977. | |
| KZ1097 | The Tempest / by William Shakespeare ; directed and produced by Paul Vangelisti. |
Radio adaptation by Bill Lynch; original music by Bob Frazier. |
KPFK, Dec. 2, 1981. | |
| KZ0329 | For whom the bell tolls / by Ernest Hemingway. |
Radio adaptation of the novel starring Gary Cooper, Ingrid Bergman, Akim Tamiforr, Gale... |
KPFK, Dec. 1977. | |
| KZ0330 | It happened one night. |
Radio adaptation of 1934 Oscar award winning film starring Claudette Colbert, Clark Gable,... |
KPFK, Dec. 1977. | |
| KZ0351 | Lost horizon. |
Adaptation of 1930s film starring Ronald Coleman, Lynne Carver, Donald Crisp, narrated by Cecil... |
KPFK, Dec. 1977. | |
| KZ0383 | A Tale of two cities / by Charles Dickens. |
Adaptation of the novel starring Ronald Coleman and Heather Angel; narrated by Cecil B. DeMille... |
KPFK, Dec. 1977. | |
| KZ0348 | In the Abyss / by H.G. Wells. |
Radio adaptation of adventure story starring Dudley Knight and the New Generation players--David... |
KPFK, Dec. 14, 1977. | |
| KZ0206 | Master of ballantrae / by Robert Louis Stevenson. |
Rebroadcast of a Mercury Theatre drama; Orson Welles, Agnes Moorehead, Alan Napier, and Ray... |
KPFK, Aug. 3, 1977. | |
| KZ0198 | The Adventure of the speckled band. |
Radio adaptation of the movie; Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce recreate roles.|THE ADVENTURE OF... |
KPFK, Aug. 1977. | |
| KZ0199 | Adventure of the innocent murderess. |
Radio adaptation of the film; Tom Conway and Nigel Bruce recreate roles. |
KPFK, Aug. 1977. | |
| KZ0215 | The Canterville ghost. |
Radio adaptation of the film drama; Charles Laughton and Margaret O'Brien recreate roles.... |
KPFK, Aug. 1977. | |
| BC1896.01-.04 | In the matter of Richard M. Nixon. |
Dramatization of the Supreme Court debate in United States vs. Richard M. Nixon and Richard... |
KPFK, 9-24 July 1974. | |
| BB5158 | All that fall / by Samuel Beckett ; produced by Dean Stockwell. |
Dramatic radio adaptation of Beckett's play. |
KPFK, 9 Sept. 1971. | |
| BB4983 | Return journey / by Dylan Thomas ; directed by William Wintersole. |
Adaptation of Thomas' drama for radio. |
KPFK, 9 Nov. 1964. | |
| BB5285 | Brittanicus / by Jean Racine. |
Dramatic radio adaptation of the l7th century French dramatist's work.|BRITTANICUS / by... ,Reel 2 missing. |
KPFK, 8 Jan. 1966. | |
| BB4927 | Juggernaut / by Fred Cook. |
Dramatization of Cook's The Nation article about the emergence of the welfare State. It... |
KPFK, 6 Nov. 1962. | |
| BB5122 | Le Petit Prince / Antoine de Saint-Exup2.ery. |
Gerard Philipe, Pierre Larobey, Sylvie Pelayo and Jacques Greiio dramatise de Saint-Exup2.ery... |
KPFK, 6 Aug. 1962. | |
| BB5255 | The Maids / by Jean Genet ; directed by Samuel Delany. |
Adaptation of Genet's French drama for radio. |
KPFK, 5 July 1969. | |
| BB5103 | Sorry, wrong number / by Lucille Fletcher. |
Dramatic radio adaptation of Fletcher's play. |
KPFK, 31 Oct. 1965. | |
| BB5094 | Salome / by Oscar Wilde ; directed by Leonard Nimoy. |
Adaptation of Wilde's drama for radio. |
KPFK, 31 Jan. 1964. | |
| BB4512 | The Bald soprano / Eugene Ionesco. |
Adaptation of play for radio. |
KPFK, 30 Mar. 1967. | |
| BB5023 | Woyzek / by Georg Buchner ; directed by Marc Estrin ; translated by Carl Mueller. |
Dramatic radio adaptation of B1.uchner's play. |
KPFK, 3 May 1964. | |
| BB4496.04 | L'Atelier '68 : three plays / by Eugene Ionesco and Jean Jacques Bernard. |
Performances of adaptations of 8 chevaux 4 cypindres et pas de truites by Jean Jacques Bernard... |
KPFK, 3 June 1968. | |
| BB4897 | Dance to no music / by Oscar Mandel ; directed by Walter Bodlander. |
Adaptation of Mandel's play for radio. |
KPFK, 3 Feb. 1964. | |
| BB5046 | Theatre of the Balustrade of Prague. |
Dramatic radio adaptation. |
KPFK, 29 Dec. 1970. | |
| BC2190 | Nathanael West's Cool Million / produced by Paul Vangelisti. |
Adaptation of West's novel for radio. |
KPFK, 28 Nov. 1974. | |
| BB4898 | Deirdre of the sorrows / by J.M. Synge. |
Adaptation of Synge's play for radio. |
KPFK, 28 Mar. 1965. | |
| BB4976 | The Player queen / by William Butler Yeats ; directed by John Houlton. |
Adaptation of Yeats' drama for radio. |
KPFK, 28 Mar. 1964. | |
| BB4211 | Juggernaut / by Fred Cook. |
Adaptation of Cook's Nation article about the American welfare state, and the union of... |
KPFK, 27 Sept. 1962. | |
| BC2920 | The Book of hags / by Deena Metzger ; adapted and directed by Everett Frost. |
A novel-in-progress by Deena Metzger dramatized for radio by Everett Frost. The work is a... |
American Women -- Radio, American Women -- Authors and journalists | KPFK, 27 May 1976. |
| BC2384 | Dialogues with Leuco / Cesare Pavese ; produced by Paul Vangelisti and Emily Schiller. |
An adaptation for radio. Read by Emily Schiller and David Boxall. |
KPFK, 27 Mar. 1975. | |
| BB5183 | The Strange rider / by Michel de Ghelderode ; adapted and directed by Virginia Maynard. |
Adaptation of Ghelderode's play for radio.|THE STRANGE RIDER / by Michel de Ghelderode|... |
KPFK, 27 Mar. 1964. | |
| BB5251 | Death of a salesman / by Arthur Miller ; directed by Elia Kazan. |
Dramatic ratioadaptation of Miller's play. ,Missing reel 2. |
KPFK, 26 Jan. 1964. | |
| BB4887 | Darklady of the Sonnets / George Bernard Shaw ; directed by John Houlton. |
Dramatic radio adaptation of Shaw's play. |
KPFK, 25 July 1963. |
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