SUMMARY: "CBC Stage" was a series designed to introduce and encourage promising contemporary writers and actors, and to draw attention to other literary resources in the country through adaptations. The series; celebrated a quarter-century of broadcasting in 1969. This episode, "Prince Of Naples", is a play by Canadian playwright George F. Walker.;

SUMMARY: "Festival Theatre" was a CBC stereo monthly production devoted to "the best in radio drama". This episode is a play by the British playwright Tom Stoppard.;

CALL NUMBER: T4237:0011 track 1 item 01a SUMMARY: This episode is about two rats who are running from a man called "the whistler".;

CALL NUMBER: T4237:0011 track 1 item 01b SUMMARY: This episode deals with a man named Kilroy, a mythic figure who has travelled all over the world, but has never been seen. He has been killed, and this story is about a newspaper trying to compile an; obituary.;

Five annotated radio scripts from "Cowboy" Kean's 1938-1939 radio series, "Sails and Saddles".

SUMMARY: Probably a program for Easter. John Emerson plays the role of Pontius Pilate in a story which takes place at the time of Christ.;

SUMMARY: This episode "Revolutions" is a play by Cherie Stewart Thiessen.

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

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 "dramatic documentary" by Peter Haworth; no f;urther episode description is available.;

CALL NUMBER: T3952:0001
SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Radio CJAT, Trail, ca. 1936-1942
RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1982-03-10
SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Rudy Hartman discusses: the popular radio drama series "Ghostwalkers", produced at CJAT by Mercer McLeod; Hartman's early duties at CJAT transmitter; management of station under Taylor Pearson and Carson; state of equipment and facilities; reception of outside stations in Trail; CJAT's network affiliation, programming; more on the "Ghostwalkers" series and Mercer McLeod; CJAT and WWII news; station personnel; CJAT heard in U.S. TRACK 2: Rudy Hartman discusses: hockey broadcast from Nelson; recording done on disc; programs on transcription discs; story about cat electrocuted by transmitter; broadcast coverage from CJAT transmitter; changes in radio broadcasting; "breaking into radio"; Sprott-Shaw Broadcasting School in Vancouver; production of "Ghostwalkers". (End of interview)

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 Laurence Gough in which a post-graduate student, studying William Blake, decides he needs exe;rcise and takes part in a running program.;

SUMMARY: "CBC Tuesday Night" was a multi-part series that featured performances of classical music, opera and drama, as well as readings, documentaries and talks. The series ran from Oct 26, 1965 into the 1970;s in the 7:30 to 11:00 p.m. time slot. Its predecessor of the same format was "CBC Sunday Night". This episode, "Sacrifice", is a one act stereo play by Vancouver author Brenda White. "Sacrifice" is ;set in a small hospital somewhere on the Canadian prairies. The two brothers are played by Robert Clothier and Walter Marsh, with Malcolm Brown and Barney O'Sullivan as the remembered voices.;

SUMMARY: "Mystery Theatre" was a CBC radio series that featured dramatizations of mystery, detective and supernatural stories and science fiction. This episode, "Sam Trowel" by Jack Humphries, recounts the adventures of Sam Trowel, private eye. Actors include: Walter Marsh, Judy Armstrong, James Johnson, Linda Sorensen, and John Sparks.;

SUMMARY: "Satire and Satin" was a drama series poking fun at family life. In this episode, a couple have dinner with a woman who was recently divorced.;

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, entitled "Saul", was adapted by Peter Haworth from a work by Charles Heavysege, and starred Allan Scarfe.;

SUMMARY: This episode, a play by award-winning Canadian playwright Sherman Snukal, is about a group of friends who spend their summer in Vancouver. All of the friends discuss what is happening in their persona;l lives, and the dynamic of relationships is a focus.;

SUMMARY: "CBC Stage" was a series designed to introduce and encourage promising contemporary writers and actors, and to draw attention to other literary resources in the country through adaptations. The series; celebrated a quarter-century of broadcasting in 1969. This episode, "Signore Lizard", is a play by Douglas Bankson of Vancouver.;

SUMMARY: Episode from CKWX radio drama series, adapted from the book "Provoke the Silent Dust" by Sharon O'Neil. Adapted for radio by Ron Wood and Clifford Scott, with an all-Vancouver cast. Producer Ron Wood;. Technical production: Ron Robinson.;

SUMMARY: This is a dramatic program based on the letters, diaries and the music of Robert and Clara Schumann. The program tells the story if their courtship through dialogue and music.;

SUMMARY: "Sing The Body Electric" is the fifth in a series of Ray Bradbury stories adapted for radio by Otto Lowy.;

CALL NUMBER: T4303:0599 SUMMARY: Part 2 of the above.;

CALL NUMBER: T4303:0610 SUMMARY: "Some Of My Best Rats Are Friends" is an original musical for radio by composer and author Cliff Jones. This episode, which started the 1979 season of "Festival Theatre", was produced in Toronto by Pa;ul Mills and directed by John Douglas. It stars Martin Short as Fred, boy genius of the psychology lab. (Part 1 or 2.);

SUMMARY: "Sunday Matinee" was a one-hour series that presented radio drama, history, comedy, mystery and romance. This episode is a play by Laurence Gough in which a man in a mental hospital is separated from ;other patients because of his violent outbursts.;

SUMMARY: "Studio '74" 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 provides the following description "[Studio '74] is in rather free workshop style, employing fairly modern techniques and improvisations which lend themselves well to interesting voice and sound production". The series was first broadcast in the spring of 1969. "Stephen" is a play for two voices by Santo Cervello, with Neil Dainard as the boy and Marti Maraden as the girl. In June 1959, twelve-year-old Lynne Harper was raped and murdered near the town of Clinton, Ontario. Fourteen-year-old boy Steven Truscott was charged with the crime, convicted in a local trial and sentenced to be hanged. The death sentence was commuted by the Federal Cabinet, and despite further appeals by Truscott's attorneys, the boy remained in prison for ten years. In October 1969, Steven Truscott was released on parole at the age of twenty-four.;

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 a quarter-century of high-calibre programming in 1969. This episode is a play by Christopher Moore about an NHL player and his relationship with his wife.;

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 a quarter-century of high-calibre programming in 1969. This episode is a play by Christopher Moore about an NHL player and his relationship with his wife.;

SUMMARY: "CBC Stage" was a series designed to introduce and encourage promising contemporary writers and actors, and to draw attention to other literary resources in the country through adaptations. The series; celebrated a quarter-century of broadcasting in 1969. This episode,"Summer Soft", is a radio play by Peter Haworth, adapted from the stage play by Henry James.;

The item consists of copies of an interview by Michael Meiklejohn with Sydney Risk. In them, Risk talks about: theatre; theatre in Vancouver; Andrew Allan and drama and radio drama; Sam Payne; Phoebe Smith; Dorothy Somerset.

SUMMARY: Audio recording of a television program. A CBUT special marking the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. The early days of CBC radio in Vancouver are recalled with recons;tructed "live broadcasts" by the "Blue Jackets" vocal quartet and the Calangis Family orchestra. John Emerson discusses the heyday of Vancouver radio drama, and presents a "live radio broadcast" of hi;s playlet, "Who Is Sylvia?" Other performers and programs from CBC Vancouver are remembered through still photographs. The beginnings of CBUT television are discussed, and an excerpt from a concert t;elecast (conducted by John Avison) is shown. Finally, the cast of the long-running radio variety show, "From Leicester Square to Old Broadway," perform a musical number. (See CBC Times, vol.12 no.17 ;1961 p.24.);

SUMMARY: "Studio '73" 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 '73] 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 presents "The Action Tonight", a radio play by Tom Grainger. Unusual individuals hold a conversation in a building overlooking a ;freeway. The actors include: Tom Grainger, Joseph Golland, Marti Maraden, Walter Marsh, Hagan Beggs and Merv Campone.;

SUMMARY: "Sunday Matinee" was a one-hour series that presented radio drama, history, comedy, mystery and romance. This episode is a play by Laurence Gough featuring the Conan Doyle character Sherlock Holmes. Dr. Watson is discussing Holmes' cocaine addiction when a woman arrives to consult Holmes late at night. The woman's brother has been kidnapped, and Holmes agrees to take the case. With Christopher New;ton, Leon Pownall, Marion Eisman and Antony Holland.;

SUMMARY: "Studio '74" 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 '74] 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. "The Apartment" by Leda Venevich, translated and adapted by Otto Lowy, is a play is set in Vienna during the 1950s. A Jewish woman returns to ;the apartment where she had lived before the war with her parents, and recalls events before her parents were sent to the concentration camp.;