WFHB 91.3FM
Bloomington Community Radio
Firehouse Theater
Oct 30, 2022 8:00 PM – 10:00 PM
Radio Theater
With Richard Fish
Audio Theatre (aka radio theatre, radio drama, audio drama, etc.) old and new. Modern productions are mixed with "Golden Age" Old Time Radio (OTR) classics. Mostly American shows, but English-language programs from other countries are welcome when available. Special faves include The Firesign Theatre, Norman Corwin, ZBS, Fibber McGee & Molly, Otherworld Media, Fred Allen, FinalRune, Sam Spade, Great Northern Audio Theatre, The Goon Show, Wireless Theatre Company, Jack Benny, National Audio Theatre Festivals (NATF), Mercury Theatre, Midwest Radio Theatre Workshop (MRTW), Suspense!, International Mystery Writers' Festival (IMWF), X Minus One, and many many more.
A Big BOOOOOO! from Blighty
| 8:03 PM |
| John Fryer The Wolf Hotel Personal Collection https://political-art.co.uk/ A young woman, recently graduated from hotel-management training, takes a position in a rural inn, located in Britain's North Country, which is somewhat like the American Midwest. But she finds that the hotel isn't at all what she was trained to expect... This is the American radio premiere of a brand-new production from John Fryer, who so brilliantly directed some of these same actors in our production of ANTONIA'S HOMEFRONT.
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| 9:23 PM |
| Boris Karloff The Creation of Frankenstein's Monster An Evening With Boris Karloff Personal Collection Boris Karloff originally trained for a career in Britain's diplomatic service, but found his fortune in Hollywood. Here, he remembers the smash success of his first screen triumph, and presents the classic scene where the monster comes to life.
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| 9:30 PM |
| Norman Corwin The Moat Farm Murder Columbia Presents Corwin Personal Collection July 18, 1944 - Corwin's triumph of true crime and real horror was dramatized from the confession of a murderer, who committed his crime in a rural community of Great Britain. It was Charles Laughton's idea, and Laughton stars with his wife, Elsa Lanchester.
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