+ 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 | Rating |
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| 03.19.1939 | great plays cyrano de bergerac |
+Program #21. Blue Network. "Cyrano de Bergerac". The well-known story of |
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| 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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