Transmission
8 June
No. 91
1947
Quiet, Please
Nothing Behind the Door
Network
Mutual, then ABC
Running time
29 min
Quiet, Please, Mutual, then ABC. Recording held by the Internet Archive;
← Broadway on the Air
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
15 June
No. 90
1947
Quiet, Please
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
No. 89
1947
Quiet, Please
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
No. 88
1947
Quiet, Please
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
No. 87
1947
Quiet, Please
Cornelia
Network
Mutual, then ABC
Running time
30 min
Quiet, Please, Mutual, then ABC. Recording held by the Internet Archive;
Transmission
27 July
No. 86
1947
Quiet, Please
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
No. 85
1947
Quiet, Please
Inquest
Network
Mutual, then ABC
Running time
28 min
Quiet, Please, Mutual, then ABC. Recording held by the Internet Archive;
Transmission
10 August
No. 84
1947
Quiet, Please
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
No. 83
1947
Quiet, Please
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
No. 82
1947
Quiet, Please
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
No. 81
1947
Quiet, Please
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
No. 80
1947
Quiet, Please
Camera Obscura
Network
Mutual, then ABC
Running time
23 min
Quiet, Please, Mutual, then ABC. Recording held by the Internet Archive;
Transmission
20 October
No. 79
1947
Quiet, Please
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
No. 78
1947
Quiet, Please
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
No. 77
1947
Quiet, Please
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
No. 76
1947
Quiet, Please
Three
Network
Mutual, then ABC
Running time
24 min
Quiet, Please, Mutual, then ABC. Recording held by the Internet Archive;
Transmission
17 November
No. 75
1947
Quiet, Please
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
No. 74
1947
Quiet, Please
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
No. 73
1947
Quiet, Please
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
No. 72
1947
Quiet, Please
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
No. 71
1947
Quiet, Please
Little Fellow
Network
Mutual, then ABC
Running time
23 min
Quiet, Please, Mutual, then ABC. Recording held by the Internet Archive;
Transmission
29 December
No. 70
1947
Quiet, Please
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
No. 69
1948
Quiet, Please
Little Visitor
Network
Mutual, then ABC
Running time
24 min
Quiet, Please, Mutual, then ABC. Recording held by the Internet Archive;
Transmission
12 January
No. 68
1948
Quiet, Please
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
No. 67
1948
Quiet, Please
Bakers Dozen
Network
Mutual, then ABC
Running time
24 min
Quiet, Please, Mutual, then ABC. Recording held by the Internet Archive;
Transmission
26 January
No. 66
1948
Quiet, Please
Green Light
Network
Mutual, then ABC
Running time
23 min
Quiet, Please, Mutual, then ABC. Recording held by the Internet Archive;
Transmission
2 February
No. 65
1948
Quiet, Please
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
No. 64
1948
Quiet, Please
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
No. 63
1948
Quiet, Please
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
No. 62
1948
Quiet, Please
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
No. 61
1948
Quiet, Please
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
No. 60
1948
Quiet, Please
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
No. 59
1948
Quiet, Please
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
No. 58
1948
Quiet, Please
Quiet Please
Network
Mutual, then ABC
Running time
29 min
Quiet, Please, Mutual, then ABC. Recording held by the Internet Archive;
Transmission
5 April
No. 57
1948
Quiet, Please
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
No. 56
1948
Quiet, Please
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
No. 55
1948
Quiet, Please
Clarissa
Network
Mutual, then ABC
Running time
29 min
Quiet, Please, Mutual, then ABC. Recording held by the Internet Archive;
Transmission
26 April
No. 54
1948
Quiet, Please
and 8
Network
Mutual, then ABC
Running time
27 min
Quiet, Please, Mutual, then ABC. Recording held by the Internet Archive;
Transmission
3 May
No. 53
1948
Quiet, Please
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
No. 52
1948
Quiet, Please
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
No. 51
1948
Quiet, Please
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
No. 50
1948
Quiet, Please
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
No. 49
1948
Quiet, Please
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
No. 48
1948
Quiet, Please
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
No. 47
1948
Quiet, Please
Wahine Tahiti
Network
Mutual, then ABC
Running time
24 min
Quiet, Please, Mutual, then ABC. Recording held by the Internet Archive;
Transmission
19 July
No. 46
1948
Quiet, Please
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
No. 45
1948
Quiet, Please
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
No. 44
1948
Quiet, Please
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
No. 43
1948
Quiet, Please
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
No. 42
1948
Quiet, Please
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
No. 41
1948
Quiet, Please
Words
Network
Mutual, then ABC
Running time
21 min
Quiet, Please, Mutual, then ABC. Recording held by the Internet Archive;
Transmission
6 September
No. 40
1948
Quiet, Please
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
No. 39
1948
Quiet, Please
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
No. 38
1948
Quiet, Please
Anonymous
Network
Mutual, then ABC
Running time
30 min
Quiet, Please, Mutual, then ABC. Recording held by the Internet Archive;
Transmission
26 September
No. 37
1948
Quiet, Please
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
No. 36
1948
Quiet, Please
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
No. 35
1948
Quiet, Please
Beezers Cellar
Network
Mutual, then ABC
Running time
29 min
Quiet, Please, Mutual, then ABC. Recording held by the Internet Archive;
Transmission
17 October
No. 34
1948
Quiet, Please
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
No. 33
1948
Quiet, Please
Good Ghost
Network
Mutual, then ABC
Running time
29 min
Quiet, Please, Mutual, then ABC. Recording held by the Internet Archive;
Transmission
31 October
No. 32
1948
Quiet, Please
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
No. 31
1948
Quiet, Please
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
No. 30
1948
Quiet, Please
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
No. 29
1948
Quiet, Please
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
No. 28
1948
Quiet, Please
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
No. 27
1948
Quiet, Please
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
No. 26
1948
Quiet, Please
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
No. 25
1949
Quiet, Please
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
No. 24
1949
Quiet, Please
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
No. 23
1949
Quiet, Please
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
No. 22
1949
Quiet, Please
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
No. 21
1949
Quiet, Please
Northern Lights
Network
Mutual, then ABC
Running time
29 min
Quiet, Please, Mutual, then ABC. Recording held by the Internet Archive;
Transmission
6 February
No. 20
1949
Quiet, Please
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
No. 19
1949
Quiet, Please
Valentine
Network
Mutual, then ABC
Running time
28 min
Quiet, Please, Mutual, then ABC. Recording held by the Internet Archive;
Transmission
20 February
No. 18
1949
Quiet, Please
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
No. 17
1949
Quiet, Please
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
No. 16
1949
Quiet, Please
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
No. 15
1949
Quiet, Please
Dark Rosaleen
Network
Mutual, then ABC
Running time
28 min
Quiet, Please, Mutual, then ABC. Recording held by the Internet Archive;
Transmission
20 March
No. 14
1949
Quiet, Please
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
No. 13
1949
Quiet, Please
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
No. 12
1949
Quiet, Please
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
No. 11
1949
Quiet, Please
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
No. 10
1949
Quiet, Please
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
No. 9
1949
Quiet, Please
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
No. 8
1949
Quiet, Please
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
No. 7
1949
Quiet, Please
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
No. 6
1949
Quiet, Please
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
No. 5
1949
Quiet, Please
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
No. 4
1949
Quiet, Please
Tanglefoot
Network
Mutual, then ABC
Running time
28 min
Quiet, Please, Mutual, then ABC. Recording held by the Internet Archive;
Transmission
11 June
No. 3
1949
Quiet, Please
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
No. 2
1949
Quiet, Please
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
No. 1
1949
Quiet, Please
Quiet Please
Network
Mutual, then ABC
Running time
29 min
Quiet, Please, Mutual, then ABC. Recording held by the Internet Archive;