+ 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 03.17.1940 | great plays l'aiglon | ||
| 03.24.1940 | great plays captain jenks of the horse marines |
+Program #22. "Captain Jinks Of The Horse Marines". The 1904 comedy "that introduced a new star, E... | |
| 03.31.1940 | great plays the three sisters | ||
| 04.07.1940 | great plays pelleas et melisande | ||
| 04.14.1940 | great plays strife | ||
| 04.21.1940 | great plays lillom |
+Program #26. "Liliom". The drama that was later made into the musical, "Carousel." | |
| 04.28.1940 | great plays the return of peter grimm |
+ Program #27. "The Return Of Peter Grimm". The system cue has been deleted. | |
| 05.05.1940 | great plays winterset | ||
| 10.13.1940 | great plays greece to broadway |
+Program #1. "A Cavalcade Of Drama: From Ancient Greece To Modern Broadway". The first show of the... | |
| 11.03.1940 | great plays the tragic story of dr faustus |
+ Program #4. "Doctor Faustus". A "modernized" version of the play. The play was previously heard ... | |
| 11.10.1940 | great plays love's labor lost | ||
| 11.17.1940 | great plays merry wives of windsor | ||
| 11.24.1940 | great plays the tempest |
+Program #7. Blue Network. "The Tempest". Sustaining. | |
| 12.01.1940 | great plays the revenge tragedies | ||
| 12.08.1940 | great plays el cid |
+ Program #9. "Le Cid". The French play of 1637. The script was previously used on the series on D... | |
| 12.15.1940 | great plays imaginary invalid |
+Program #10. "The Imaginary Invalid". After the play, Charles Webter stays in character as Molier... | |
| 12.22.1940 | great plays second shepherds play |
+ Program #11. "The Second Shepherd's Play" and "The Wakefield Nativity". Two of the famous nativi... | |
| 12.29.1940 | great plays the pigeon | ||
| 01.05.1941 | great plays the english restoration plays | ||
| 01.12.1941 | great plays the barber of seville | ||
| 01.19.1941 | great plays the rivals | ||
| 02.02.1941 | great plays the thunderbolt |
+ Program #17. Blue Network. "The Thunderbolt". The first radio performance of the play that was wr... | |
| 02.16.1941 | great plays cyrano de bergerac |
+ Program #19. Blue Network. "Cyrano de Bergerac". The script was previously used on Great Plays on... | |
| 02.23.1941 | great plays summary of victorian age |
+ Program #20. Blue Network. "Curtain Calls For The Queen". "A fantasy on the drama in England duri... | |
| 03.09.1941 | great plays the well of the saints |
+Program #22. Blue Network. "The Well Of The Saints". Sustaining. |
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