Radio plays, Canadian

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Millie and Lizzie. Edification of Lizzie ; On the job

SUMMARY: A 1993 re-creation of two episodes from the radio series "Millie and Lizzie", which originally aired on CHLS/CKCD Vancouver in the 1930s, and featured Jack Ammon and his mother Alicia Ammon as two Cockney charladies. The re-creation features Jack Ammon as Millie and Rosy Frier-Dryden as Lizzie, with "extra" parts played by Robert Dugdale.

Missus Buff

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, "Missus Buff" by Eric Hammerstrom-Green, portrays a family that is thrown into chaos when the city tries to expropriate their home for a community development project. Actors include: Doris Chilcott in the title role, Terence Kelly, Barney O'Sullivan, Wendy Falconer, Peter Haworth, Sam Payne, Derek Ralston and Wayne Robson.

Morning at Metlakatla : [production elements]

SUMMARY: Program elements (narration and actualities) for a CBC radio program about the missionary to Metlakahtla, William Duncan. T4222:0005 comprises examples of mixing and other techniques from this program and the program "Kitselas".

Mrs. Blood

CALL NUMBER: T4303:0664 SUMMARY: Another copy of the above.;

CALL NUMBER: T4303:0673 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, "Mrs. Blood", is a play for radio adapted from the novel of the same name by Audrey Thomas. It focuses on a difficul;t childbirth in Africa. Actors include: Linda Sorensen as Mrs. Blood, Helen Saunders, Shirley Broderick, Roger Dressler, Audrey Kniveton, Terence Waterhouse, Michael Franks, Victoria Thomas, Wayne Rob;son and Keith Pepper.;

My father's mantle

SUMMARY: "CBC Monday Evening" was a multi-part series that included documentaries and interviews on the arts, along with drama and serious music. This episode is a play by Heddi Rossi.;

Night

SUMMARY: This is episode 1 of 6 in the "Soundstage West" series. This episode is a play about a woman who modelled for an artist in Vienna when she was a little girl. The play alternates between the woman look;ing back at herself as a girl, and as a waitress on a ferry when she is an old woman.;

Night

SUMMARY: "Sunday Matinee" was a one-hour series that presented radio drama, history, comedy, mystery and romance. This episode is a play about a woman who modelled for an artist in Vienna when she was a little; girl. The play alternates between the woman looking back at herself as a girl, and as a waitress on a ferry when she is an old woman.;

No quarter

SUMMARY: "Midweek Theatre" was a series of hour-long dramas that originated alternately from four CBC production centers: Winnipeg, Montreal, Halifax and Vancouver. The series began on December 2, 1964. This e;pisode, "No Quarter", is a play by Barry Bermange. Three individuals find themselves spending the night in unusual hotel accommodations.;

On a day in summer in a garden

SUMMARY: "CBC Stage" was a contemporary drama series that introduced and encouraged a great many promising writers and actors, and drew attention to other literary resources in the country through adaptations.; "CBC Stage" celebrated its quarter-century of high-calibre programming in 1969. This episode is a play by Don Howarth in which different plants in a garden talk to one another.;

Once burnt, twice shy

SUMMARY: "CBC Tuesday Night", a successor to "CBC Sunday Night", was a multi-part series that featured performances of classical music, opera and drama, as well as readings, documentaries and talks. The series; premiered on October 26, 1965 and continued into the 1970s, in the 7:30 to 11:00 PM time slot. This episode, "Once Burnt, Twice Shy", is a comedy by Vancouver playright Elizabeth (Betty) Lambert.;

Once our submarine cable

CALL NUMBER: T4303:0419 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 Stage celebrated a quarter-century of this high-calibre program in 1969. "Once Our Submarine Cable" is a play commissioned by the CBC Drama Department from the distinguished Canadian novelist Audrey Thomas. Set on an island in the Gulf of Georgia, it focuses on the dissolution of a marriage and the life of a family.

CALL NUMBER: T4303:0454 SUMMARY: As above.;

One cook . . .

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. "One Cook . . ." is a; play about aging and relationships.;

One spring morning ; Rochberg

SUMMARY: "CBC Monday Evening" was a multi-part series that included documentaries and interviews on the arts, along with drama and serious music. The first part of this episode "One Spring Morning", is a play ;by Victoria author Cherie Stewart [Thiessen]. It recounts the series of people a man meets while he waits for his bus on a spring morning. The actors include Marti Maraden, Ted Stidder, Elizabeth John;ston and Doris Chilcott. The second part of this episode features George Rochberg, who was interviewed on a recent trip to Vancouver by Don Mowatt, at the home of Judy Mars.;

One thousand and one knights : [first half only]

SUMMARY: The first half of "a radio essay on love from the woman's point of view," written by Nancy Lyle Bruce. Presented by Thunderbird Theatre, a dramatic workshop of the University Radio Society of UBC. Act;ors are Jo Steele, Earl McPherson, George Campbell, Jo Anne Walker, Joan Basted, Grace Pearcy, Bob Lecky, Ralph Sullivan, Nigel Nixon, and Bob Russell. [Spelling of names not verified.];

Other times, other places : My great-granny was a boy

SUMMARY: "Canadian School Broadcasts" was a series of educational radio programs designed to supplement existing school curriculum. The majority of broadcasts were organized and administered at the provincial ;level by the Departments of Education and the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. However, many programs were produced by national organizations. The series went on the air in March 1938 as a twice-w;eekly broadcast; then it was expanded to daily broadcasts. "Other Times, Other Places" was a six-part series featuring Canadian families in different provinces throughout time. This episode is a play; about a Chinese-Canadian family in Vancouver. A grandmother explains to her granddaughter how her great-grandmother came to Canada. With Rae Brown and Shannon Shepherd.;

Pacific playhouse : Letter from the Queen [excerpt]

SUMMARY: "Pacific Playhouse" was a Sunday Night dramatic series (mainly) featuring works by writers of western Canada, and focussing mainly on Canadian subjects. The series ran from November 1956 to April 1959;. This episode features "A Letter from the Queen" by Sinclair Lewis, adapted for radio by Doug Haskins.;

Pierre

SUMMARY: "Pierre" is a play for radio by Santo Cervello. The setting for this play is Montreal; the date October 14, 1970; the characters, Pierre Laporte and his captors.;

Poet in an arctic landscape

SUMMARY: "Poet in an Arctic Landscape" is a play by J. Michael Yates, based on his experiences sport fishing in the Northwest Territories. It combines poetry and dramatic episodes having complementary themes. Voices heard include: Robert Clothier, James Johnston, Ted Stidder, Jim McQueen, Merv Campone, Lillian Carlson, Derek Ralston, Michael Irwin, Roger Dressler, Barnie O'Sullivan, Joe Golland, and Bob Graham.

Point-counterpoint : Centrifuge

SUMMARY: "Point-counterpoint" ws described as an "exercise in technique for local radio dramatists". Two authors would be given an arbitrarily-selected play title, and told to write plays to fit it. The plays ;were then broadcast on consecutive weeks. "Centrifuge" is a play by Ian Thorne. See T4352:0115 item 02 for the corresponding play of same title by Don Erickson, broadcast on 1956-08-03.;

Point-counterpoint : Centrifuge

SUMMARY: "Point-counterpoint" ws described as an "exercise in technique for local radio dramatists". Two authors would be given an arbitrarily-selected play title, and told to write plays to fit it. The plays ;were then broadcast on consecutive weeks. "Centrifuge" is a play by Don Erickson. See T4352:0116 item 02 for the corresponding play of same title by Ian Thorne, broadcast on 1956-08-10.;

Point-counterpoint : Confetti

SUMMARY: "Point-counterpoint" ws described as an "exercise in technique for local radio dramatists". Two authors would be given an arbitrarily-selected play title, and told to write plays to fit it. The plays ;were then broadcast on consecutive weeks. This episode: "Confetti" by Ian Thorne.;

Point-counterpoint : Space and all that

SUMMARY: "Point-counterpoint" ws described as an "exercise in technique for local radio dramatists". Two authors would be given an arbitrarily-selected play title, and told to write plays to fit it. The plays ;were then broadcast on consecutive weeks. In this play by Ian Thorne, a group of Earth inhabitants flee from an approaching nemesis on their planet in an attempt to find solace on another one, only to; find that the people on the second planet are in the same predicament.;

Point-counterpoint : Tales of the dead

SUMMARY: "Point-Counterpoint" was a series in which two plays written by different authors shared the same title. This episode, "Tales of the Dead", is a horror story about a fighter pilot who is captured by t;he Chinese and tortured.;

Point-counterpoint : The trial of Nicholas Van Doren

SUMMARY: "The Trial of Nicholas van Doren" is the story of a Dutch artist who was put on trial by the Inquisition for allegedly painting lewd subjects. Van Doren was one of the finest artists of his day and a ;devoted Roman Catholic. He was cleared of the charges, but never painted again.;

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