Author's Playhouse (US, anthology) 

Last Edited: 24-Feb-2017
A Global British Comedy Collaborative document. Edited by John Lucas
Broadcast source is BBC Radio Four unless otherwise indicated. Recording quality is considered good unless otherwise indicated.

Broadcast 1941-1945 on NBC.

Date Episode
Title Cast Parameters
NBC
06-Mar-1941
1
Elementals
by Stephen Vincent Benet
Fern Persons, John Hodiak, Arthur Cole, Lorett Gilbrand,
Catherine Card, Michael Romano, Nelson Omstean, Bob Gelson
dramatized by Charles Guzman
27:28, 6439, M
NBC
21-Dec-1941

Christmas By Injunction
by O. Henry

Lib Sobere, Curly Bradley, Sidney Elstrom, Jerry Spellman,
Fern Persons, Harriet Allen, Eva Parnell, Hilda Graham, Dan
Bowers, Barron Taxel, Percy Heamis, Carl Brockey,
Michael Romano
adapted by Jack Mitchell 
29:18, 6868, M
NBC
16-Aug-1942

Sam Small's Better Half
by Eric Knight
Charles Sandman, Herb Butterfield
adapted by Fern Olsen
directed by Charles Urtock
27:35, 6465, M
NBC
05-Oct-1942

Flight To Aras
by Antoine De Saint-Exupery
no credits
27:53, 6534, M
NBC
06-Jan-1943

Off Tokyo Bay
by Richard Sayle
Karl Weber
adapted by Jack Mitchell
directed by Frank Papp
28:38, 6712, M
NBC
31-Mar-1943

At Midnight On The 31st Of March
by Josephine Young Case
no cast credits
adapted by Hazel Wade
directed by Ann Treadway
29:15, 6857, M
NBC
21-Apr-1943

Dan Peters and Casey Jones
by Wilbur Schramm
Lib Sobere
adapted by Karl and Marjorie Weber

directed by Frank Papp
29:33, 6928, M
NBC
25-Aug-1943

The Widow Of Wasdale Head
by Arthur Wing Pinero
Geraldine Kaye, Wiliam Ebbett, Howard Hoffman, Charles
Eggleston, Bob Derenthorpe
adapted by Alan M. Fishburn
directed by Norman Felton
28:12, 6580, M
NBC
13-Oct-1943

A Promise To Mark
by James Aswell
Angel Casey, Clarence Hartzell, Philip Lord
adapted by Raymond Chan
directed by Homer Hecht
28:19, 6635, M
NBC
16-Jun-1944

Command Performance
by  I. A. R. Wylie
Willilam Everett, Lorett Gilbrand
directed by Homer Hecht
29:02, 6806, M
NBC
08-Jul-1944
REPEAT
The Kracken
by Frederick Englehart
Willilam Everett, Charles Berry, Sid Breeze, Charles
Eggleston, Leo Curley, Wallace Bowen, McKay Morris
adapted by Jack Mitchell 

directed by Homer Hecht
29:10, 6835, M
NBC
14-Jul-1944

Mysterious Stranger
by Zachary Gould
David Whitehouse, Charles Eggleston, Fern Persons,
Thomas Post, Bobby Ellis
adapted by Dorothy Giening Quinnan
directed by Homer Hecht
28:03, 6575, M
NBC
15-Jul-1944
REPEAT
He Who Woke Up Famous
by Corey Ford
Michael Romano, Mary Lou Neumeyer, Muriel Friender,
Robert Derrinthorpe, Ray Silber, George Caesar
adapted by Carlyle Steele
directed by Albert Croomes
29:06, 6821, M
NBC
21-Jul-1944

Mad Dreams
by Isabel Scott Rorick
Kay Campbell, Arthur Peterson, Eve Parnell, Wilms Herbert,
George Caesar, Mary Lou Neumeyer, Geraldine Kaye,
Bess McGavin
adapted by Ginelle Gibbs
directed by Norman Felton
28:25, 6650, M
NBC
22-Jul-1944
REPEAT
Johnny Cartwright's Camera
by Nelson Bond
Stephen Hill, George Caesar, Gayle Faust, Geraldine Kaye,
Elmira Ressler, Clark Ryder, Ray Silber, Johnny Koons,
Dick Shanklin
directed by Homer Hecht
27:32, 6454, M
NBC
28-Jul-1944

Two Of A Kind
by H. Fernon Dickson
Ryan Bilsbury, William Henrith, James Goss, George Caesar,
Sidney Mason
adapted by Margaret Hollywell
directed by Harry Bubeck
28:10, 6602, M
NBC
29-Jul-1944
REPEAT A Miracle in the Rain
by Ben Hecht
Fern Persons, William Everett, Hope Somers, Charles
Eggleston, Jess Pugh
adapted by Nelson Onstead

directed by Albert Croomes
28:53, 6772, M
NBC
04-Aug-1944

Minstrels Of The Mist
by Ben Lucien Berman
Clark Ryder, Charles Eggleston
adapted by Jack Bencover
directed by Herbert Lideau
28:54, 6776, M
NBC
11-Aug-1944

Old Gordon Place
by James Street
Hazel Bodbody, Robert Ellis, John Coomes
adapted by Dorothy Giening Quinnan
directed by Harry Bubeck
29:05, 6818, M
NBC
18-Aug-1944

Woman's Work
by Elizabeth Dunn
Eleanore Jackson, Rosalind Yastrow, Lois Solly,
Wilms Herbert, Haskell Coffin
adapted by Elizabeth Copeland
directed by
Herbert Lideau
29:22, 6882, M
NBC
25-Aug-1944
REPEAT
The Widow Of Wasdale Head
by
Arthur Wing Pinero
no credits, but...
Geraldine Kaye, Wiliam Ebbett, Howard Hoffman, Charles
Eggleston, Bob Derenthorpe
adapted by Alan M. Fishburn
directed by Norman Felton

23:08, 5424, M
missing end
use original
NBC
01-Sep-1944
REPEAT
Soul Of The Great Bell
by Lafcadio Herne
Elouise Cover, Frederick Sullivan, William Everett
adapted by Ivan Merriott
directed by Albert Croomes
28:44, 6736, M
NBC
15-Sep-1944

Southern Exposure
by Robert Parsons
Geraldine Kaye, Olin Soule, Clarence Hartzell,
Sher Brenson, Kurt Kupfer, Homan Gottshalk
adapted by Mary C. Quinn
directed by Harry Bubeck
28:57, 6786, M
NBC
22-Sep-1944

Cry for The Hunted
by Frederick J. Lipp
William Everett, Geraldine Kaye, Maurice Copeland,
Sidney Breeze,
directed by Albert Croomes
30:16, 7094, M
NBC
16-Oct-1944

Country Of The Blind
by H. G. Wells
William Everett, Lorette Philbrandt, Fred Sulliavan, Charles
Eggleston, Armand Hunter, Harry Elbers, Herbert
Butterfield, Butler Adville
adapted by Peggy Phillips
directed by Homer Hecht
25:12, 5908, M
NBC
30-Oct-1944

Expense Account
by Paul Gallico
Ryan Billsbury, Elouise Cover, Giles Erding, Kurt Kupfer,
Claude Ryder, Clair Baum, Paul Humes, Maurice Copeland,
Sid Breeze, Art Herne
adapted by Mary Elizabeth Walsh
directed by Herbert Lideau
23:23, 5481, M
NBC
13-Nov-1944

Long Way ' Round
by James Ronald
Mauratte Sillbrand, Ralph Camarco, Armand Hunter,
Sidney Mason, Helen Baimler, Aubrey Young, Bobby Ellis
adapted by Jack Mitchell
directed by Albert Croomes
24:16, 5690, M
NBC
20-Nov-1944

A Call For Mr Garrett
by Robert Carson
Olin Soule, Geraldine Kaye, Elmira Ressler, Kay Morrow,
Maurice Copeland, Gilley Shea
adapted by Mary C. Quinn

directed by Harry Bubeck
24:00, 5624, M
NBC
04-Dec-1944

Inexperienced Ghost
by H. G. Wells
Herbert Butterfield, Wilms Herbert, Clair Baum, Charles
Eggleston
adapted by Guy deVry
directed by Norman Felton
28:00, 6563, M
NBC
11-Dec-1944

The Pied Piper Of Hamlin
by Robert Browning
Olin Soule, Wilms Herbert, Cliff Sobier, Phil Lord,
Haskill Coffin, Norma Jean Ross, Charlene Osgood,
Paul Humes
adapted by Guy deVry

directed by Albert Croomes
26:36, 6236, M
NBC
15-Jan-1945

There's Money in Poetry
by Conrad Berkovici
Sharon Grainger, Charles Irving, Henry Sachs, Murray Forbes
adapted by Gene Kuni
directed by Edwin Melley
28:20, 6640, M
NBC
22-Jan-1945

Blood Will Tell
by Ray Nofziger
Hazel Dunlighty, Leonard Smith, Ralph Cargill, Jane Webb,
Sidney Alstrom, Karl Krunki
adapted by W. C. Simpson
directed by Norman Felton
28:23, 6654, M
NBC
19-Feb-1945

High Air
by Bordon Chase
Fern Persons, Leo Curley, Ed Prentiss, Michael Romano,
Gilbert Ferguson, Sidney Alstrom, Stanley Gardner
adapted by Jim Pease
directed by Harry Bubeck
28:44, 6735, M
NBC
12-Mar-1945

Woman At Seven Brothers
by Wilbur Daniel Steele
Fern Persons, Clark Ryder, Harry Elders, Ralph Camarco,
Frank Barrons
adapted by Leslie Edwards

directed by Albert Croomes
29:07, 6826, M
NBC
23-Apr-1945

Forever Walking Free
by MacKinlay Kantor
Jere Branson, Arthur Seltzer, Haskill Coffin, William Bigley,
Herbert Butterfield, Bob Derrinthorpe
adapted by Dorothy Giening Quinnan
directed by Norman Felton
28:49, 6755, M
NBC
14-May-1945

Reunion
by Vincent Sheehan
Arvan Hobby, Art Hern, Kaye Miller, Philip Lloyd, Charles
Eggleston, William Fine, Thomas Post, Stanley Gordon,
Michael Romano, Nick Reichert
adapted by Ida Zasher

directed by Norman Felton
28:45, 6737, M
NBC
21-May-1945

My Friend Merton
by Julius Fass
Clarence Hartzell, William Bigley, Norman Gottshalk,
Arthur Hern, Michael Romano, Herbert Butterfield,
William Merrith
adapted by Guy deVry

28:48, 6749, M

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