Radio plays, Canadian

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Hans Kohlhaas

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 story?] by Heinrich von Kleist, dramatized b;y James Saunders, with music by Hans Heinsheimer.;

Helen and Edward and Henry

SUMMARY: This is episode 4 of 6 in the "Soundstage West" series. This episode is a drama by British playwright Rhys Adrian, featuring three Vancouver actors. It deals with the memory loss of an elderly man. Th;ere is a question as to the nature of the friendship between Henry and Edward.;

Helen, Edward and Henry

SUMMARY: "Midweek Theatre" was a series of hour-long dramas which alternated between four CBC production centres in Winnipeg, Montreal, Halifax and Vancouver. The series began on December 2, 1964. This episode; is "Helen, Edward and Henry" by Rhys Adrian. The cast includes Roy Brinson, Peter Haworth, and Joy Coghill.;

Heritage theatre : 1944-45 : demobilization of women workers

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.;

Heritage theatre : Captain George Vancouver

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.;

Heritage theatre : Cheerleaders in the fields

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.;

Heritage theatre : Chinese riot

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.;

Heritage theatre : Conscription : 1917

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.;

Heritage theatre : Dope fiends

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.;

Heritage theatre : Gastown riot : 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 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.;

Heritage theatre : Higher and higher

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.;

Heritage theatre : In 1931 there were jungles in Vancouver

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.

Heritage theatre : In memoriam

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.;

Heritage theatre : Influenza : 1918

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.;

Heritage theatre : It's true that Point Grey is out of this world

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.;

Heritage theatre : Japanese internment : 1942

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.;

Heritage theatre : Ku Klux Klan in Vancouver : November 1925

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.;

Heritage theatre : L.D.'s eighty-eighth

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.;

Heritage theatre : Loggerheads : 1868

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.

Heritage theatre : Once upon a time, in a far-off country

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.;

Heritage theatre : Progress

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, "Prog;ress" by Brenda White, features a portrait of the city of Vancouver in 1898.;

Heritage theatre : Rum-running

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, "Rum-Running" by Tom Cone, takes a look at the lucrative business of rum running during American prohibition.;

Heritage theatre : The 4-minute mile

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, "The Four Minute Mile" by Joe Wiesenfeld, recreates the race at Empire Stadium on August 7, 1954 between Roger Bannister and John Landy.

Heritage theatre : The battle of the bridge : 1933

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, "The; Battle Of The Bridge - 1933" by Cherie Thiessen, re-creates a heated city council meeting discussing the proposal for the Lions Gate Bridge.;

Heritage theatre : The Birks Building : a demolition sale

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, "The ;Birks Building: A Demolition Sale" by Tom Cone, recounts the events surrounding the 1974 demolition process of the famous Vancouver landmark.;

Heritage theatre : The floating crap game

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, "The ;Floating Crap Game" by John Wiesenfeld, takes a look at gambling on BC ferries.;

Heritage theatre : The Janet Smith case

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, "The ;Janet Smith Case" by Joe Wiesenfeld, recalls the famous murder case dating back to 1924.;

Heritage theatre : The seawall

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, "The ;Seawall" by Cherie Thiessen, features the story behind the construction of the Stanley Park Seawall. James Cunningham, a master stone mason, spent thirty years constructing the wall.;

Heritage theatre : Tobacco Road

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, "Toba;cco Road" by Tom Cone, re-creates the 1953 production of Erskine Caldwell's "Tobacco Road", staged by Everyman Theatre Company. Having played successfully in New York, the play met quite another fate ;in conservative Vancouver, and eventually went to trial.;

Heritage theatre : UBC's Great Trek : October 1922

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, "UB;C's Great Trek - October 1922" by Cherie Thiessen, highlights the move of UBC from the "Fairview Shacks" to the Point Grey site.;

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