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The show was titled Anthology, broadcast from New York.The showpresented "A selections of readings from poets, past and present and the music to accompany their poetry." Bing Crosby, Helen Hayes, Frank Lovejoy, Lynn Fontanne and Alfred Lunt, Orson Welles, Agnes Moorehead, Walter Huston, and many more stars were recorded at the show as the poetry readers.

For more poetry, see also Moon River, Words with Music, and Sammy Kaye Sunday Serenade. Click here to read more about Anthology

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Please enjoy these 57 old time radio episodes:

Air Date	Title	Synopsis
06.12.1955	anthology (65) anthology poems most requested	+ Dylan Thomas reads from, "A Child's Christmas In Wales." The last show of the series.
06.05.1955	anthology (64) the life and times of archie and mehitabel	+ Sustaining.
05.29.1955	anthology (63) memorial day 1955	+ Poetry for Memorial Day. Readings from, "The Concord Hymn," by Ralph Waldo Emerson.
05.22.1955	anthology (62) the literature and language of learning	+ The president of "Phonotapes Inc.," plays some of their new releases. Mr. Brock says, "Tape will ...
05.15.1955	anthology (61) poets gold volumes 3 and 4	+ Readings from the third and fourth RCA albums called, "Poet's Gold." Thomas Mitchell reads, "The ...
05.08.1955	anthology (60) poets gold volume 2	+ Sustaining.
05.01.1955	anthology (59) poets gold volume 1	+ Sustaining.
04.24.1955	anthology (58) shakespeare romeo and juliette	+ 1:00 P.M. A program in celebration of Shakespeare's birthday. Parts of "Romeo and Juliet" are hea...
04.17.1955	anthology (56) the art of ruth draper
04.03.1955	anthology (55) abraham and isaac	+ A reading from the medieval mystery play, "Abraham and Isaac." The founders of Caedmon records ce...
03.27.1955	anthology (54) facade osbert sitwell's works	+ Readings by Sir Robert and Dame Edith Sitwell.
03.20.1955	anthology (53) thoughts and stories of england
03.13.1955	anthology (52) my heart's in the highlands
03.06.1955	anthology (51) the shield of achilles
02.27.1955	anthology (50) by heart from the bbc	+ The program starts with, "The Children's Hour," by Longfellow. W.H. Auden reads from his new book...
02.13.1955	anthology (49) a salute to lincoln	+ Poems in honor of Lincoln's birthday.
02.06.1955	anthology (48) my little boy	+ The first poem is, "When I Had Fears That I May Cease To Be."
01.30.1955	anthology (47) hy soloff and wallace edwards	+ Mr. Stevens and Mr. Sobiloff are heard reading their own poems.
01.23.1955	anthology (46) thomas hornsby ferrell	+ The poetry of Edgar Allan Poe and Thomas Hornsby Farrell.
01.09.1955	anthology (44) poetry in song	+ Sustaining.
01.02.1955	anthology (43) anthology 1954	+ A program featuring highlights from the first year of the program.
12.26.1954	anthology (42) the old and the new	+ Sustaining.
12.19.1954	anthology (41) poetry for christmas	+ 6:30 P. M. A program of, "Poetry For Christmas."
12.12.1954	anthology (40) salute to jewish book week	+ Jewish verse, in honor of, "Jewish Book Month."
12.05.1954	anthology (39) the brownings	+ Poetry by Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett Browning.