Live Drama, One Night Only

18 Jul 1936 · 29 min

The first Columbia Workshop broadcast: CBS handing an experimental hour to Irving Reis with no sponsor and no rules. Recording held by the Internet Archive;

5 Sep 1936 · 29 min

A live outside broadcast from inside San Quentin prison, made by the Workshop in its first season. Recording held by the Internet Archive;

19 Sep 1936 · 29 min

Shakespeare staged for microphone alone, performed live with the sound department improvising an entire castle. Recording held by the Internet Archive;

6 Feb 1937 · 29 min

Coleridge performed live, an early demonstration of what the Workshop's sound engineers could build out of nothing. Recording held by the Internet Archive;

21 Mar 1937 · 29 min

A sound-and-music experiment from the Workshop's most inventive season. Recording held by the Internet Archive;

11 Apr 1937 · 26 min

Archibald MacLeish's verse drama, staged in a New York armoury with a crowd of hundreds and a young Orson Welles as the announcer — the first verse play written for radio. Recording held by the Internet Archive;

23 May 1937 · 29 min

Lord Dunsany's one-act horror, played live to disc. Recording held by the Internet Archive;

11 Jul 1937 · 29 min

Poe as a study in microphone intimacy: one voice, one heartbeat, no audience. Recording held by the Internet Archive;