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SUMMARY: "Studio '72" was a radio series that presented avant-garde experimental theatre adapted from stage plays and short stories by new and established national and international writers. The CBC Times prov;ides the following description "[Studio '72] is in rather free workshop style, employing fairly modern techniques and improvisations which lend themselves well to interesting voice and sound productio;n". The series was first broadcast in the spring of 1969. This episode is "A Summer Job", a play by Peter Hay that focuses on a university student's summer job in security for the government. The summ;er job involves "softening up" customers for government interrogation. Actors include Neil Dainard, Hagan Beggs, and John Juliani.;

SUMMARY: This episode, "Bethune", features the early life of Dr. Norman Bethune, his early career in Boston, his marriage, the civil war in Spain, his work in China (including the training and equipping of mob;ile operating clinics), and finally his death due to blood poisoning.;

SUMMARY: "Between Ourselves" was a weekly series of hour-long radio programs that presented Canada to Canadians. It featured aspects of Canadian life in docudramas, plays, music, and interviews, originating fr;om different regions of Canada. The series ran from 1966 to 1979. This episode, "Original Copy" is unusual and experimental; it is also "rated X". Gerry Gilbert and Don Drewitt [sp?] have put together; a movie they'd like the audience to see on the radio. This is a sequence of twenty-six scenes, each in its own way is related to the movies and to Vancouver and to each other, creating -- in the thea;tre of the imagination -- a sort of radio collage. It is an original copy of an idea by David Tompkins.;

SUMMARY: This episode features "Cap'n Simon Wheeler, Amateur Detective", the world premiere of a stage play by Mark Twain, adapted for radio by Jeffrey Groberman. The actors include Robert Clothier, Peg Dixon,; Wayne Robson, Bruno Gerussi, Roger Dressler, Edward Stidder and Joseph Golland.;

SUMMARY: "Anthology" is a series planned as a literary magazine for radio featuring short stories, poetry, literary talks, discussions, and reports on the arts from various world centres. "Cousin Pethenick and; the Will", a play by David Watmough, is set in Cornwall, England and deals with family relations and the problems that result from a contested will.;

SUMMARY: "Anthology" is a series planned as a literary magazine for radio featuring short stories, poetry, literary talks, discussions, and reports on the arts from various world centres. "Rosemary" is a play ;by David Watmough that relates reminiscences about his youth in Cornwall and his memories of a village girl.;

SUMMARY: "CBC Stage" was a contemporary drama series that introduced and encouraged many promising writers and actors, and drew attention to other literary resources in the country through adaptations. CBC Sta;ge celebrated a quarter-century of this high-calibre program in 1969. This episode, "Disenchantment", is a radio play written in 1970, the last complete work of the late Hungarian playwright and patriot in exile, Julius Hay. The translation is by Peter Hay. The play focuses on the relationship between a father and son who learn during a visit that they both suffer from disenchantment and disillusionment.

0357 = Part 1; 0356 = Part 2.

SUMMARY: "Mystery Theatre" was a CBC radio series that featured dramatizations of mystery, detective and supernatural stories and science fiction. This episode, "Doublestrip" by Otto Lowy, is a story of foreign intrigue. This broadcast describes a strange interlude when an aging British agent, John Gray, receives an assignment in Belgrade, Yugoslavia. The cast features Edward Greenhalgh as Gray, plus Terrence Kelly and Eva Theren.;

SUMMARY: This item, entitled "Easter Egg", is a play by James Reaney. The radio series is not identified.

SUMMARY: "CBC Stage" was a contemporary drama series that introduced and encouraged many promising writers and actors, and drew attention to other literary resources in the country through adaptations. CBC Sta;ge celebrated a quarter-century of this high-calibre program in 1969. This episode, "Fahrenheit 451", was adapted by Otto Lowy from the famous novel by Ray Bradbury. The play is set in a future world ;where all books are banned, and any books found are burned by "firemen". Actors include Neil Dainard, Alan Scarfe, Linda Sorenson, Sharon Kurt, Peter Haworth, Dorothy Davies, Merv Campone, Derek Ralst;on, and Annie Scarfe.;

SUMMARY: "CBC Stage" was a contemporary drama series that introduced and encouraged many promising writers and actors, and drew attention to other literary resources in the country through adaptations. CBC Sta;ge celebrated a quarter-century of this high-calibre program in 1969. CBC Stage presents the first North American performance of a play by the German author Odon von Horvath. Born in 1901, von Horvath; wrote a number of plays and novels chronicling the Weimar Republic, that critical time between the currency reform and the rise of Fascism. "Faith, Hope and Love" was written in 1932 and promptly ban;ned by the Nazis because of its themes and references. Von Horvath died in Paris in 1938. This play was translated from German by Norbrick Rubson [Norbert Ruebsaat?]. Actors include Shirley Broderick,; Lee Taylor, Peter Brockington, Roy Brinson, Eric Schneider, Micki Mansell, Dorothy Davies, Katherine Kroll, Roger Norman, Edward Stidder, and Terence Waterhouse.;

SUMMARY: "CBC Stage" was a contemporary drama series that introduced and encouraged many promising writers and actors, and drew attention to other literary resources in the country through adaptations. CBC Sta;ge celebrated a quarter-century of this high-calibre program in 1969. This episode, "Faust Dies Again" by Roman Rage [sp?], was translated by Otto Lowy, and focuses on an aging general and his importa;nce to a military cause. Actors include: Walter Marsh, Peggy Dixon and Robert Clothier.;

SUMMARY: "CBC Stage" was a contemporary drama series that introduced and encouraged many promising writers and actors, and drew attention to other literary resources in the country through adaptations. CBC Sta;ge celebrated a quarter-century of this high-calibre program in 1969. This episode, "Games" -- a new play by Helen French -- focuses on the separation between a husband and his wife after he turns fif;ty and wants to live a new life. Actors include Lee Taylor, Lillian Carlson, Doris Chilcott, Ruth Nichol, Peg Dixon, Anna Hagan, Otto Lowy and Walter Marsh.;

SUMMARY: "Heritage Theatre" was a series of short historical plays set in the Vancouver environs. These vignettes illustrate some of the significant events and interesting episodes from Vancouver's earliest ti;mes. First broadcast in 1977, the plays were made in co-operation with the Social Planning Department of the City of Vancouver. This series was broadcast during the summer of 1981. This episode, "1944;/45: The Demobilization of Women Workers" is by Cherie Thiessen. Anger grows as soldiers returning from the war claim the jobs that women had held during the war years.;

SUMMARY: "Heritage Theatre," was a series of short historical plays set in the Vancouver environs. These vignettes illustrate some of the significant events and interesting episodes from Vancouver's earliest t;imes. First broadcast in 1977, the plays were made in co-operation with the Social Planning Department of the City of Vancouver. This series was broadcast during the summer of 1981. This episode,"Capt;ain George Vancouver" by Tom Cone, looks at one of the earliest visitors to the west coast.;

SUMMARY: "Heritage Theatre" was a series of short historical plays set in the Vancouver environs. These vignettes illustrate some of the significant events and interesting episodes from Vancouver's earliest ti;mes. First broadcast in 1977, the plays were made in co-operation with the Social Planning Department of the City of Vancouver. This series was broadcast during the summer of 1981. This episode, "Chee;rleaders in the Field" by Tom Cone, depicts the plight of berry pickers during World War I.;

SUMMARY: "Heritage Theatre" was a series of short historical plays set in the Vancouver environs. These vignettes illustrate some of the significant events and interesting episodes from Vancouver's earliest ti;mes. First broadcast in 1977, the plays were made in co-operation with the Social Planning Department of the City of Vancouver. This series was broadcast during the summer of 1981. This episode, "Chin;ese Riot" by Tom Cone, depicts the time of labour conflicts in 1887 and the large Chinese population that was willing to work for less.;

SUMMARY: "Heritage Theatre" was a series of short historical plays set in the Vancouver environs. These vignettes illustrate some of the significant events and interesting episodes from Vancouver's earliest ti;mes. First broadcast in 1977, the plays were a co-operation of CBC Vancouver and the Social Planning Department of the City of Vancouver. This series was broadcast during the summer of 1981. This epis;ode, "Conscription: 1917" by Brenda White, deals with the controversial issue of conscription during World War I.;

SUMMARY: "Heritage Theatre" was a series of short historical plays set in the Vancouver environs. These vignettes illustrate some of the significant events and interesting episodes from Vancouver's earliest ti;mes. First broadcast in 1977, the plays were made in co-operation with the Social Planning Department of the City of Vancouver. This series was broadcast during the summer of 1981. This episode, "Dope; Fiends" by Joe Weisenfeld, depicts the desperation of drug addicts during the Second World War years.;

SUMMARY: "Heritage Theatre" was a series of short historical plays set in the Vancouver environs. These vignettes illustrate some of the significant events and interesting episodes from Vancouver's earliest ti;mes. First broadcast in 1977, the plays were made in co-operation with the Social Planning Department of the City of Vancouver. This series was broadcast during the summer of 1981. This episode, "Gast;own Riot: August 7,1971" by Tom Cone, recounts the incidents leading up to the Gastown riot of August 7, 1971.;

SUMMARY: "Heritage Theatre" was a series of short historical plays set in the Vancouver environs. These vignettes illustrate some of the significant events and interesting episodes from Vancouver's earliest times. First broadcast in 1977, the plays were made in co-operation with the Social Planning Department of the City of Vancouver. This series was broadcast during the summer of 1981. This episode, "Higher And Higher" by Tom Cone, features the building boom that occurred in Vancouver's West End.;

SUMMARY: "Heritage Theatre" was a series of short historical plays set in the Vancouver environs. These vignettes illustrate some of the significant events and interesting episodes from Vancouver's earliest times. First broadcast in 1977, the plays were made in co-operation with the Social Planning Department of the City of Vancouver. This series was broadcast during the summer of 1981. This episode, "In 1931 There Were Jungles In Vancouver" by Brenda White, is a story of the Depression.

SUMMARY: "Heritage Theatre" was a series of short historical plays set in the Vancouver environs. These vignettes illustrate some of the significant events and interesting episodes from Vancouver's earliest ti;mes. First broadcast in 1977, the plays were made in co-operation with the Social Planning Department of the City of Vancouver. This series was broadcast during the summer of 1981. This episode, "In M;emoriam" by Brenda White, concerns a disaster that occurred during the construction of the Second Narrows Bridge on June 17, 1958.;

SUMMARY: "Heritage Theatre" was a series of short historical plays set in the Vancouver environs. These vignettes illustrate some of the significant events and interesting episodes from Vancouver's earliest ti;mes. First broadcast in 1977, the plays were made in co-operation with the Social Planning Department of the City of Vancouver. This series was broadcast during the summer of 1981. This episode, "Inf;luenza: 1918" by Tom Cone, looks at the killer epidemic of that year.;

SUMMARY: "Heritage Theatre" was a series of short historical plays set in the Vancouver environs. These vignettes illustrate some of the significant events and interesting episodes from Vancouver's earliest ti;mes. First broadcast in 1977, the plays were made in co-operation with the Social Planning Department of the City of Vancouver. This series was broadcast during the summer of 1981. This episode, "It's; True That Point Grey Is Out Of This World" by Tom Cone, is about an incident that happened in Vancouver in 1924, when local wireless operators believed they were receiving mysterious signals from Mar;s.;

SUMMARY: "Heritage Theatre" was a series of short historical plays set in the Vancouver environs. These vignettes illustrate some of the significant events and interesting episodes from Vancouver's earliest ti;mes. First broadcast in 1977, the plays were made in co-operation the Social Planning Department of the City of Vancouver. This series was broadcast during the summer of 1981. This episode, "Japanese ;Internment: 1942" by Tom Cone, depicts the Japanese internment camps during World War II.;

SUMMARY: "Heritage Theatre" was a series of short historical plays set in the Vancouver environs. These vignettes illustrate some of the significant events and interesting episodes from Vancouver's earliest ti;mes. First broadcast in 1977, the plays were made in co-operation with the Social Planning Department of the City of Vancouver. This series was broadcast during the summer of 1981. This episode, "Ku K;lux Klan in Vancouver: November 1925" by Cherie Thiessen, looks at this phenomenon that dates back to 1925 in Vancouver. This was the last program in the 1981 series.;

SUMMARY: "Heritage Theatre" was a series of short historical plays set in the Vancouver environs. These vignettes illustrate some of the significant events and interesting episodes from Vancouver's earliest ti;mes. First broadcast in 1977, the plays were a co-operation of CBC Vancouver and the Social Planning Department of the City of Vancouver. This series was broadcast during the summer of 1981. This epis;ode, "L.D.'s Eighty-Eighth" by Tom Cone, commemorates the birthday of Vancouver's Mayor Taylor in the year 1945.;

SUMMARY: "Heritage Theatre" was a series of short historical plays set in the Vancouver environs. These vignettes illustrate some of the significant events and interesting episodes from Vancouver's earliest times. First broadcast in 1977, the plays were made in co-operation with the Social Planning Department of the City of Vancouver. This series was broadcast during the summer of 1981. This episode, "Loggerheads: 1868" by Cherie Thiessen, portrays two rival sawmill owners, Captain Moody and Captain Stamp.

SUMMARY: "Heritage Theatre" was a series of short historical plays set in the Vancouver environs. These vignettes illustrate some of the significant events and interesting episodes from Vancouver's earliest ti;mes. First broadcast in 1977, the plays were made in co-operation with the Social Planning Department of the City of Vancouver. This series was broadcast during the summer of 1981. This episode, "Once; Upon a Time, in a Far-Off Country" by Brenda White, portrays a school ceremony from June 2, 1902, celebrating the end of the Boer War.;