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1947–1949 · Mutual, then ABC

Quiet, Please

One writer, one voice, one microphone

After Lights Out, Wyllis Cooper stripped everything away. Quiet, Please has no orchestra beyond a single organ, essentially one actor, and a narrator who talks to the listener in the second person as though the two of you were the only people awake. It ran two years on a shoestring at Mutual, won awards nobody in the industry expected, and is now routinely named by writers as the best-written series American radio produced. Because it was so cheaply made, almost all of it survives.

91 broadcasts · 3 seasons held · New York

194722

Transmission

8 June

1947

Nothing Behind the Door

Network

Mutual, then ABC

Running time

29 min

Quiet, Please, Mutual, then ABC. Recording held by the Internet Archive;

Transmission

15 June

1947

Ive Been Looking for You

Network

Mutual, then ABC

Running time

29 min

Quiet, Please, Mutual, then ABC. Recording held by the Internet Archive;

Transmission

22 June

1947

We Were Here First

Network

Mutual, then ABC

Running time

29 min

Quiet, Please, Mutual, then ABC. Recording held by the Internet Archive;

Transmission

29 June

1947

The Ticket Taker

Network

Mutual, then ABC

Running time

29 min

Quiet, Please, Mutual, then ABC. Recording held by the Internet Archive;

Transmission

20 July

1947

Cornelia

Network

Mutual, then ABC

Running time

30 min

Quiet, Please, Mutual, then ABC. Recording held by the Internet Archive;

Transmission

27 July

1947

I Remember Tomorrow

Network

Mutual, then ABC

Running time

29 min

Quiet, Please, Mutual, then ABC. Recording held by the Internet Archive;

Transmission

3 August

1947

Inquest

Network

Mutual, then ABC

Running time

28 min

Quiet, Please, Mutual, then ABC. Recording held by the Internet Archive;

Transmission

10 August

1947

Bring Me to Life

Network

Mutual, then ABC

Running time

29 min

Quiet, Please, Mutual, then ABC. Recording held by the Internet Archive;

Transmission

10 September

1947

How Are You Pal

Network

Mutual, then ABC

Running time

31 min

Quiet, Please, Mutual, then ABC. Recording held by the Internet Archive;

Transmission

22 September

1947

Be a Good Dog Darling

Network

Mutual, then ABC

Running time

9 min

Quiet, Please, Mutual, then ABC. Recording held by the Internet Archive;

Transmission

6 October

1947

Not Enough Time

Network

Mutual, then ABC

Running time

28 min

Quiet, Please, Mutual, then ABC. Recording held by the Internet Archive;

Transmission

13 October

1947

Camera Obscura

Network

Mutual, then ABC

Running time

23 min

Quiet, Please, Mutual, then ABC. Recording held by the Internet Archive;

Transmission

20 October

1947

Pavanne the Girl with the Flaxen Hair

Network

Mutual, then ABC

Running time

22 min

Quiet, Please, Mutual, then ABC. Recording held by the Internet Archive;

Transmission

27 October

1947

Dont Tell Me About Halloween

Network

Mutual, then ABC

Running time

24 min

Quiet, Please, Mutual, then ABC. Recording held by the Internet Archive;

Transmission

3 November

1947

Take Me out to the Graveyard

Network

Mutual, then ABC

Running time

24 min

Quiet, Please, Mutual, then ABC. Recording held by the Internet Archive;

Transmission

10 November

1947

Three

Network

Mutual, then ABC

Running time

24 min

Quiet, Please, Mutual, then ABC. Recording held by the Internet Archive;

Transmission

17 November

1947

Kill Me Again

Network

Mutual, then ABC

Running time

24 min

Quiet, Please, Mutual, then ABC. Recording held by the Internet Archive;

Transmission

24 November

1947

In Memory of Bernadine

Network

Mutual, then ABC

Running time

24 min

Quiet, Please, Mutual, then ABC. Recording held by the Internet Archive;

Transmission

1 December

1947

Come In Eddie

Network

Mutual, then ABC

Running time

23 min

Quiet, Please, Mutual, then ABC. Recording held by the Internet Archive;

Transmission

8 December

1947

Some People Dont Die

Network

Mutual, then ABC

Running time

24 min

Quiet, Please, Mutual, then ABC. Recording held by the Internet Archive;

Transmission

15 December

1947

Little Fellow

Network

Mutual, then ABC

Running time

23 min

Quiet, Please, Mutual, then ABC. Recording held by the Internet Archive;

Transmission

29 December

1947

Rain on New Years Eve

Network

Mutual, then ABC

Running time

24 min

Quiet, Please, Mutual, then ABC. Recording held by the Internet Archive;

194844

Transmission

5 January

1948

Little Visitor

Network

Mutual, then ABC

Running time

24 min

Quiet, Please, Mutual, then ABC. Recording held by the Internet Archive;

Transmission

12 January

1948

The Room Where Ghosts Live

Network

Mutual, then ABC

Running time

24 min

Quiet, Please, Mutual, then ABC. Recording held by the Internet Archive;

Transmission

19 January

1948

Bakers Dozen

Network

Mutual, then ABC

Running time

24 min

Quiet, Please, Mutual, then ABC. Recording held by the Internet Archive;

Transmission

26 January

1948

Green Light

Network

Mutual, then ABC

Running time

23 min

Quiet, Please, Mutual, then ABC. Recording held by the Internet Archive;

Transmission

2 February

1948

The Pathetic Fallacy

Network

Mutual, then ABC

Running time

29 min

Quiet, Please, Mutual, then ABC. Recording held by the Internet Archive;

Transmission

9 February

1948

A Red and White Guidon

Network

Mutual, then ABC

Running time

29 min

Quiet, Please, Mutual, then ABC. Recording held by the Internet Archive;

Transmission

16 February

1948

Whence Came You

Network

Mutual, then ABC

Running time

29 min

Quiet, Please, Mutual, then ABC. Recording held by the Internet Archive;

Transmission

23 February

1948

Wear the Dead Mans Coat

Network

Mutual, then ABC

Running time

29 min

Quiet, Please, Mutual, then ABC. Recording held by the Internet Archive;

Transmission

1 March

1948

Sketch for a Screenplay

Network

Mutual, then ABC

Running time

29 min

Quiet, Please, Mutual, then ABC. Recording held by the Internet Archive;

Transmission

8 March

1948

Never Send to Know

Network

Mutual, then ABC

Running time

28 min

Quiet, Please, Mutual, then ABC. Recording held by the Internet Archive;

Transmission

22 March

1948

A Night to Forget

Network

Mutual, then ABC

Running time

29 min

Quiet, Please, Mutual, then ABC. Recording held by the Internet Archive;

Transmission

29 March

1948

Quiet Please

Network

Mutual, then ABC

Running time

29 min

Quiet, Please, Mutual, then ABC. Recording held by the Internet Archive;

Transmission

5 April

1948

I Always Marry Juliet

Network

Mutual, then ABC

Running time

27 min

Quiet, Please, Mutual, then ABC. Recording held by the Internet Archive;

Transmission

12 April

1948

Twelve to Five

Network

Mutual, then ABC

Running time

29 min

Quiet, Please, Mutual, then ABC. Recording held by the Internet Archive;

Transmission

19 April

1948

Clarissa

Network

Mutual, then ABC

Running time

29 min

Quiet, Please, Mutual, then ABC. Recording held by the Internet Archive;

Transmission

26 April

1948

and 8

Network

Mutual, then ABC

Running time

27 min

Quiet, Please, Mutual, then ABC. Recording held by the Internet Archive;

Transmission

3 May

1948

How Beautiful upon the Mountain

Network

Mutual, then ABC

Running time

29 min

Quiet, Please, Mutual, then ABC. Recording held by the Internet Archive;

Transmission

10 May

1948

There Are Shadows Here

Network

Mutual, then ABC

Running time

29 min

Quiet, Please, Mutual, then ABC. Recording held by the Internet Archive;

Transmission

17 May

1948

Gem of Purest Ray

Network

Mutual, then ABC

Running time

29 min

Quiet, Please, Mutual, then ABC. Recording held by the Internet Archive;

Transmission

24 May

1948

In the House Where I Was Born

Network

Mutual, then ABC

Running time

28 min

Quiet, Please, Mutual, then ABC. Recording held by the Internet Archive;

Transmission

14 June

1948

Not Responsible After 30 Years

Network

Mutual, then ABC

Running time

30 min

Quiet, Please, Mutual, then ABC. Recording held by the Internet Archive;

Transmission

28 June

1948

Let the Lillies Consider

Network

Mutual, then ABC

Running time

24 min

Quiet, Please, Mutual, then ABC. Recording held by the Internet Archive;

Transmission

5 July

1948

Wahine Tahiti

Network

Mutual, then ABC

Running time

24 min

Quiet, Please, Mutual, then ABC. Recording held by the Internet Archive;

Transmission

19 July

1948

As Long as I Live

Network

Mutual, then ABC

Running time

24 min

Quiet, Please, Mutual, then ABC. Recording held by the Internet Archive;

Transmission

26 July

1948

The Man Who Stole a Planet

Network

Mutual, then ABC

Running time

24 min

Quiet, Please, Mutual, then ABC. Recording held by the Internet Archive;

Transmission

2 August

1948

Its Later Then You Think

Network

Mutual, then ABC

Running time

24 min

Quiet, Please, Mutual, then ABC. Recording held by the Internet Archive;

Transmission

9 August

1948

The Thing on the Fourble Board

Network

Mutual, then ABC

Running time

29 min

Quiet, Please, Mutual, then ABC. Recording held by the Internet Archive;

Transmission

16 August

1948

Presto Change O Im Sure

Network

Mutual, then ABC

Running time

26 min

Quiet, Please, Mutual, then ABC. Recording held by the Internet Archive;

Transmission

23 August

1948

Words

Network

Mutual, then ABC

Running time

21 min

Quiet, Please, Mutual, then ABC. Recording held by the Internet Archive;

Transmission

6 September

1948

The Third Mans Story

Network

Mutual, then ABC

Running time

21 min

Quiet, Please, Mutual, then ABC. Recording held by the Internet Archive;

Transmission

13 September

1948

Symphony in Minor

Network

Mutual, then ABC

Running time

24 min

Quiet, Please, Mutual, then ABC. Recording held by the Internet Archive;

Transmission

19 September

1948

Anonymous

Network

Mutual, then ABC

Running time

30 min

Quiet, Please, Mutual, then ABC. Recording held by the Internet Archive;

Transmission

26 September

1948

Light the Lamp for Me

Network

Mutual, then ABC

Running time

29 min

Quiet, Please, Mutual, then ABC. Recording held by the Internet Archive;

Transmission

3 October

1948

Meet John Smith John

Network

Mutual, then ABC

Running time

28 min

Quiet, Please, Mutual, then ABC. Recording held by the Internet Archive;

Transmission

10 October

1948

Beezers Cellar

Network

Mutual, then ABC

Running time

29 min

Quiet, Please, Mutual, then ABC. Recording held by the Internet Archive;

Transmission

17 October

1948

And Jeannie Dreams of Me

Network

Mutual, then ABC

Running time

29 min

Quiet, Please, Mutual, then ABC. Recording held by the Internet Archive;

Transmission

24 October

1948

Good Ghost

Network

Mutual, then ABC

Running time

29 min

Quiet, Please, Mutual, then ABC. Recording held by the Internet Archive;

Transmission

31 October

1948

Calling All Souls

Network

Mutual, then ABC

Running time

28 min

Quiet, Please, Mutual, then ABC. Recording held by the Internet Archive;

Transmission

7 November

1948

Adam and the Darkest Day

Network

Mutual, then ABC

Running time

29 min

Quiet, Please, Mutual, then ABC. Recording held by the Internet Archive;

Transmission

14 November

1948

The Evening and the Morning

Network

Mutual, then ABC

Running time

27 min

Quiet, Please, Mutual, then ABC. Recording held by the Internet Archive;

Transmission

21 November

1948

One for the Book

Network

Mutual, then ABC

Running time

29 min

Quiet, Please, Mutual, then ABC. Recording held by the Internet Archive;

Transmission

28 November

1948

My Son John

Network

Mutual, then ABC

Running time

28 min

Quiet, Please, Mutual, then ABC. Recording held by the Internet Archive;

Transmission

5 December

1948

Very Unimportant Person

Network

Mutual, then ABC

Running time

29 min

Quiet, Please, Mutual, then ABC. Recording held by the Internet Archive;

Transmission

26 December

1948

Berlin 1945

Network

Mutual, then ABC

Running time

29 min

Quiet, Please, Mutual, then ABC. Recording held by the Internet Archive;

194925

Transmission

2 January

1949

The Time of the Big Snow

Network

Mutual, then ABC

Running time

28 min

Quiet, Please, Mutual, then ABC. Recording held by the Internet Archive;

Transmission

9 January

1949

Portrait of a Character

Network

Mutual, then ABC

Running time

29 min

Quiet, Please, Mutual, then ABC. Recording held by the Internet Archive;

Transmission

16 January

1949

Is This Murder

Network

Mutual, then ABC

Running time

28 min

Quiet, Please, Mutual, then ABC. Recording held by the Internet Archive;

Transmission

23 January

1949

Summer Good Bye

Network

Mutual, then ABC

Running time

29 min

Quiet, Please, Mutual, then ABC. Recording held by the Internet Archive;

Transmission

30 January

1949

Northern Lights

Network

Mutual, then ABC

Running time

29 min

Quiet, Please, Mutual, then ABC. Recording held by the Internet Archive;

Transmission

6 February

1949

Tap the Heat Bogdan

Network

Mutual, then ABC

Running time

27 min

Quiet, Please, Mutual, then ABC. Recording held by the Internet Archive;

Transmission

13 February

1949

Valentine

Network

Mutual, then ABC

Running time

28 min

Quiet, Please, Mutual, then ABC. Recording held by the Internet Archive;

Transmission

20 February

1949

Where Do You Get Your Ideas

Network

Mutual, then ABC

Running time

26 min

Quiet, Please, Mutual, then ABC. Recording held by the Internet Archive;

Transmission

27 February

1949

If I Should Wake Before I Die

Network

Mutual, then ABC

Running time

29 min

Quiet, Please, Mutual, then ABC. Recording held by the Internet Archive;

Transmission

6 March

1949

The Man Who Knew Everything

Network

Mutual, then ABC

Running time

28 min

Quiet, Please, Mutual, then ABC. Recording held by the Internet Archive;

Transmission

13 March

1949

Dark Rosaleen

Network

Mutual, then ABC

Running time

28 min

Quiet, Please, Mutual, then ABC. Recording held by the Internet Archive;

Transmission

20 March

1949

The Smell of High Wines

Network

Mutual, then ABC

Running time

27 min

Quiet, Please, Mutual, then ABC. Recording held by the Internet Archive;

Transmission

27 March

1949

A Time to Be Born and a Time to Die

Network

Mutual, then ABC

Running time

27 min

Quiet, Please, Mutual, then ABC. Recording held by the Internet Archive;

Transmission

10 April

1949

Dialogue for a Tragedy

Network

Mutual, then ABC

Running time

29 min

Quiet, Please, Mutual, then ABC. Recording held by the Internet Archive;

Transmission

17 April

1949

Shadow of the Wings

Network

Mutual, then ABC

Running time

29 min

Quiet, Please, Mutual, then ABC. Recording held by the Internet Archive;

Transmission

24 April

1949

The Vail of Glen Cove

Network

Mutual, then ABC

Running time

29 min

Quiet, Please, Mutual, then ABC. Recording held by the Internet Archive;

Transmission

1 May

1949

Dark Grey Magic

Network

Mutual, then ABC

Running time

29 min

Quiet, Please, Mutual, then ABC. Recording held by the Internet Archive;

Transmission

8 May

1949

Other Side of the Stars

Network

Mutual, then ABC

Running time

30 min

Quiet, Please, Mutual, then ABC. Recording held by the Internet Archive;

Transmission

15 May

1949

The Little Morning

Network

Mutual, then ABC

Running time

28 min

Quiet, Please, Mutual, then ABC. Recording held by the Internet Archive;

Transmission

21 May

1949

The Oldest Man in the World

Network

Mutual, then ABC

Running time

28 min

Quiet, Please, Mutual, then ABC. Recording held by the Internet Archive;

Transmission

28 May

1949

In the House Where I Was Born

Network

Mutual, then ABC

Running time

27 min

Quiet, Please, Mutual, then ABC. Recording held by the Internet Archive;

Transmission

4 June

1949

Tanglefoot

Network

Mutual, then ABC

Running time

28 min

Quiet, Please, Mutual, then ABC. Recording held by the Internet Archive;

Transmission

11 June

1949

The Hat the Bed and John J Catherine

Network

Mutual, then ABC

Running time

27 min

Quiet, Please, Mutual, then ABC. Recording held by the Internet Archive;

Transmission

18 June

1949

Pavanne of the Girl with the Flaxen Hair

Network

Mutual, then ABC

Running time

30 min

Quiet, Please, Mutual, then ABC. Recording held by the Internet Archive;

Transmission

25 June

1949

Quiet Please

Network

Mutual, then ABC

Running time

29 min

Quiet, Please, Mutual, then ABC. Recording held by the Internet Archive;