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+ Great Plays was an Old Time radio Show featuring plays from all ages. Includes William Shakespeare, Victor Hugo, George Bernard Shaw, Richard Sheridan, Pierre Corneille, Robert Fitzgerald, James M. Barrie, William Gillette just to name few. Broadcast from 1938 to 1942 Click here to read more about Great Plays

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Please enjoy these 82 old time radio episodes:

Air Date	Title	Synopsis
03.19.1939	great plays cyrano de bergerac	+Program #21. Blue Network. "Cyrano de Bergerac". The well-known story of
04.02.1939	great plays the blue bird	+Program #23. Blue Network. "The Bluebird". A delightful fantasy about two children and their searc...
04.09.1939	great plays justice	+ Program #24. Blue Network. "Justice". An interesting courtroom drama about a young clerk convicte...
04.23.1939	great plays oliver cromwell	+Program #26. Blue Network. "Oliver Cromwell". A "contemporary" drama about the famous reformer who...
04.30.1939	great plays white haired boy	+Program #27. Blue Network. "The White-Headed Boy". A play from the Abbey Theatre of Dublin, from 1...
05.07.1939	great plays elizabeth the queen
10.15.1939	great plays antigone	+ Program #1. "Antigone". The first show of the season, the third play of the "Oedipus" trilogy. T...
10.22.1939	great plays alcestis
10.29.1939	great plays everyman	Program #3. "Everyman". The traditional morality play. The play was previously heart on Great Play...
11.05.1939	great plays edward ii	+Program #4. Blue Network. "Edward II". Sustaining.
11.12.1939	great plays romeo and juliet	+Program #5. Blue Network. "Romeo and Juliet". The theatre's most famous love story.
11.19.1939	great plays much ado about nothing
11.26.1939	great plays macbeth
12.03.1939	great plays volpone	+Program #8. Blue Network. "Volpone". Sustaining.
12.10.1939	great plays tartuffe
12.17.1939	great plays beggar's opera
01.07.1940	great plays the rivals
01.14.1940	great plays william tell
01.21.1940	great plays ruy blas
01.28.1940	great plays rip van winkle	+ Program #14. "Rip Van Winkle". A performance of the 1859 drama.
02.04.1940	great plays arrah na pogue
02.11.1940	great plays peer gynt	+Blue Network. "Peer Gynt". Sustaining.
02.18.1940	great plays playboy of the western world
02.25.1940	great plays the pirates of penzance
03.03.1940	great plays the second mrs tanquerry	+Program #19. "The Second Mrs. Tanqueray". Sustaining.

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This series featured great plays (legitimate drama) of the stage, from Aristophanes to Shakespeare, Richard Brinsley Sheridan to James M. Barrie, and George Bernard Shaw. The series was broadcast from February 26, 1938 to August 23, 1942 on the NBC BLUE Radio Network. Directors include Blevins Davis and Charles Warburton.

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