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Discover Author’s Playhouse, the radio anthology of literary adaptations presented by Heritage Radio Vault.
Each story offers a self-contained listening experience, with a changing cast of characters and subjects drawn from fiction and dramatic writing.
This collection contains 18 preserved recordings with source file dates from 1941 to 1944. Titles have been checked against the archive files and a broadcast log. Conflicting dates, including Flight to Arras, are identified in the episode descriptions.
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Christmas by Injunction | O. Henry Christmas Story - Author’s Playhouse
He has the money for a wonderful Christmas. His mining town has nobody young enough to receive it.Christmas by Injunction brings O. Henry’s comic imagination to Author’s Playhouse. In the Western town of …
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He has the money for a wonderful Christmas. His mining town has nobody young enough to receive it.
Christmas by Injunction brings O. Henry’s comic imagination to Author’s Playhouse. In the Western town of Yellowhammer, a wealthy resident’s wish to give children a Christmas celebration meets an awkward practical problem: the town must first find a child.
Good intentions become a community project, with the possibilities for misunderstanding that make O. Henry’s stories such inviting radio material. Follow the scheme as it develops and leave the surprise for the performance to reveal.
This 1941 literary adaptation combines a mining-town setting with seasonal generosity, humour and an unexpected turn. It is a stand-alone story, so you can begin here without following a serial.
Story: Christmas by Injunction
Author: O. Henry
Series: Author’s Playhouse
Original broadcast: 21 December 1941
Listening themes: Christmas, generosity, Western storytelling and comic irony.
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The Man Who Woke Up Famous
Listen to this preserved Author's Playhouse radio drama, presented by Heritage Radio Vault.
Author’s Playhouse is a dramatic anthology featuring adaptations of stories for radio.
Archive file date: 1944-07-15.
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Sam Small's Better Half
Listen to this preserved Author's Playhouse radio drama, presented by Heritage Radio Vault.
Author’s Playhouse is a dramatic anthology featuring adaptations of stories for radio.
Archive file date: 1942-08-16.
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The Kraken Listen to this preserved Author's Playhouse radio drama, presented by Heritage Radio Vault. Author’s Playhouse is a dramatic anthology featuring adaptations of stories for radio. Archive file date …
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The Kraken
Listen to this preserved Author's Playhouse radio drama, presented by Heritage Radio Vault.
Author’s Playhouse is a dramatic anthology featuring adaptations of stories for radio.
Archive file date: 1944-07-08.
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Flight to Arras Listen to this preserved Author's Playhouse radio drama, presented by Heritage Radio Vault. Author’s Playhouse is a dramatic anthology featuring adaptations of stories for radio. This instalment …
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Flight to Arras
Listen to this preserved Author's Playhouse radio drama, presented by Heritage Radio Vault.
Author’s Playhouse is a dramatic anthology featuring adaptations of stories for radio. This instalment adapts Flight to Arras by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry.
The archive filename dates this recording 1942-10-05; a broadcast log lists the programme on 1942-10-07. The exact broadcast date is therefore left unconfirmed.
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Two of a Kind Listen to this preserved Author's Playhouse radio drama, presented by Heritage Radio Vault. Author’s Playhouse is a dramatic anthology featuring adaptations of stories for radio. Archive file …
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Two of a Kind
Listen to this preserved Author's Playhouse radio drama, presented by Heritage Radio Vault.
Author’s Playhouse is a dramatic anthology featuring adaptations of stories for radio.
Archive file date: 1944-07-28.
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Off Tokyo Bay Listen to this preserved Author's Playhouse radio drama, presented by Heritage Radio Vault. Author’s Playhouse is a dramatic anthology featuring adaptations of stories for radio. Archive file …
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Off Tokyo Bay
Listen to this preserved Author's Playhouse radio drama, presented by Heritage Radio Vault.
Author’s Playhouse is a dramatic anthology featuring adaptations of stories for radio.
Archive file date: 1943-01-06.
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The Mysterious Stranger Listen to this preserved Author's Playhouse radio drama, presented by Heritage Radio Vault. Author’s Playhouse is a dramatic anthology featuring adaptations of stories for radio. Archive …
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The Mysterious Stranger
Listen to this preserved Author's Playhouse radio drama, presented by Heritage Radio Vault.
Author’s Playhouse is a dramatic anthology featuring adaptations of stories for radio.
Archive file date: 1944-07-14.
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That Old Gordon Place Listen to this preserved Author's Playhouse radio drama, presented by Heritage Radio Vault. Author’s Playhouse is a dramatic anthology featuring adaptations of stories for radio. Archive …
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That Old Gordon Place
Listen to this preserved Author's Playhouse radio drama, presented by Heritage Radio Vault.
Author’s Playhouse is a dramatic anthology featuring adaptations of stories for radio.
Archive file date: 1944-08-11.
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Minstrels of the Mist Listen to this preserved Author's Playhouse radio drama, presented by Heritage Radio Vault. Author’s Playhouse is a dramatic anthology featuring adaptations of stories for radio. Archive …
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Minstrels of the Mist
Listen to this preserved Author's Playhouse radio drama, presented by Heritage Radio Vault.
Author’s Playhouse is a dramatic anthology featuring adaptations of stories for radio.
Archive file date: 1944-08-04.
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Command Performance Listen to this preserved Author's Playhouse radio drama, presented by Heritage Radio Vault. Author’s Playhouse is a dramatic anthology featuring adaptations of stories for radio. Archive …
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Command Performance
Listen to this preserved Author's Playhouse radio drama, presented by Heritage Radio Vault.
Author’s Playhouse is a dramatic anthology featuring adaptations of stories for radio.
Archive file date: 1944-06-16.
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Dan Peters and Casey Jones Listen to this preserved Author's Playhouse radio drama, presented by Heritage Radio Vault. Author’s Playhouse is a dramatic anthology featuring adaptations of stories for radio …
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Dan Peters and Casey Jones
Listen to this preserved Author's Playhouse radio drama, presented by Heritage Radio Vault.
Author’s Playhouse is a dramatic anthology featuring adaptations of stories for radio.
Archive file date: 1943-04-21.
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At Midnight on the 31st of March Listen to this preserved Author's Playhouse radio drama, presented by Heritage Radio Vault. Author’s Playhouse is a dramatic anthology featuring adaptations of stories for …
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At Midnight on the 31st of March
Listen to this preserved Author's Playhouse radio drama, presented by Heritage Radio Vault.
Author’s Playhouse is a dramatic anthology featuring adaptations of stories for radio.
Archive file date: 1943-03-31.
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A Promise to Mark Listen to this preserved Author's Playhouse radio drama, presented by Heritage Radio Vault. Author’s Playhouse is a dramatic anthology featuring adaptations of stories for radio. Archive file …
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A Promise to Mark
Listen to this preserved Author's Playhouse radio drama, presented by Heritage Radio Vault.
Author’s Playhouse is a dramatic anthology featuring adaptations of stories for radio.
Archive file date: 1943-10-13.
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A Miracle in the Rain Listen to this preserved Author's Playhouse radio drama, presented by Heritage Radio Vault. Author’s Playhouse is a dramatic anthology featuring adaptations of stories for radio. Archive …
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A Miracle in the Rain
Listen to this preserved Author's Playhouse radio drama, presented by Heritage Radio Vault.
Author’s Playhouse is a dramatic anthology featuring adaptations of stories for radio.
Archive file date: 1944-07-29.
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Southern Exposure Listen to this preserved Author's Playhouse radio drama, presented by Heritage Radio Vault. Author’s Playhouse is a dramatic anthology featuring adaptations of stories for radio. Archive file …
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Southern Exposure
Listen to this preserved Author's Playhouse radio drama, presented by Heritage Radio Vault.
Author’s Playhouse is a dramatic anthology featuring adaptations of stories for radio.
Archive file date: 1944-09-15.
Follow Author's Playhouse and explore more literary adaptations and classic radio drama in Heritage Radio Vault.
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Follow the programmes you enjoy and share a favourite story with another classic radio listener.Author's Playhouse – Woman's Work | Old Time Radio Drama
Woman's Work Listen to this preserved Author's Playhouse radio drama, presented by Heritage Radio Vault. Author’s Playhouse is a dramatic anthology featuring adaptations of stories for radio. Archive file date …
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Woman's Work
Listen to this preserved Author's Playhouse radio drama, presented by Heritage Radio Vault.
Author’s Playhouse is a dramatic anthology featuring adaptations of stories for radio.
Archive file date: 1944-08-18.
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Cry of the Hunted Listen to this preserved Author's Playhouse radio drama, presented by Heritage Radio Vault. Author’s Playhouse is a dramatic anthology featuring adaptations of stories for radio. Archive file …
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Cry of the Hunted
Listen to this preserved Author's Playhouse radio drama, presented by Heritage Radio Vault.
Author’s Playhouse is a dramatic anthology featuring adaptations of stories for radio.
Archive file date: 1944-09-22.
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