Radio Play Revival features great American actors performing great American works of literature. Performed by both established and new-and-emerging performers, musicians, and writers, Radio Play Revival pays homage to the golden age of radio, in the now-second golden age of audio. Radio Play Revival has an ensemble repertory cast of performers featuring Christopher Walken, Laura Benanti, Patti LuPone, Anderson Cooper, Laurence Fishburne, Jefferson Mays, Jessica Chastain, Samuel L. Jackson, Michelle Williams and many more.
http://www.radioplayrevival.com
Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 14 hours 26 minutes
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episode 1: Christmas, or The Good Fairy by Harriet Beecher Stowe
Anywhere, Christmastime: Well-off Ellen Stuart frets about what presents to get her family and friends for Christmas that they don’t already have or won’t just throw away. Her Aunt’s wise words open Ellen’s eyes to the world around her, and how others as close as across the street may not have the same luxuries as she does. A short story nearly 200 years old, a message that is timeless.
episode 2: The Most Dangerous Game by Richard Connell
The Caribbean Sea, 1924: After falling off a yacht while en-route to South America, big game hunter Sanger Rainsford swims to a nearby island, where he is met and cared for by another big game hunter… only this man hunts a different type of big game.
episode 3: The Comet by W.E.B. Du Bois
New York City, 1920: With the exciting news of the comet passing so close to earth, everyone in Manhattan steps outside to observe its passing overhead… and that, it turns out, would be the last thing they all would ever do.
episode 4: The Cask of Amontillado by Edgar Allan Poe
Italy, The Carnival Season: A man can only take so much. When Fortunato insults Montresor, Montresor concocts a plan to ensure Fortunato never insults again. Far away from the sounds of celebration on the streets, the two men descend into the dampness of the catacombs below, in search of a rare vintage of wine.
episode 5: S. 2, Ep. 5: Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been? by Joyce Carol Oates
America, 1966: Connie is fifteen- so the only two things in the world she cares about are her friends and flirting with boys. Her summer vacation passes by in a haze of those boys, those friends, and the ever-present music... until she meets a stranger named Friend.
episode 6: The Last Taste of Barry Growler by Jonathan Mastro
Chicago, recently: In defiance of his grim diagnosis, a beloved wine shop owner throws an epic party, opening his rarest bottles for his favorite customers. But none of them are fully prepared for the complexity, body, and depth of what is about to pour forth.
episode 7: Bernice Bobs Her Hair by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Minnesota, The Roaring ‘20s: Popularity is everything to teenagers, and some will stop at nothing to keep their place at the top of the food chain, in this “Mean Girls of The Jazz Age”.
episode 8: The Bee Play by Elizabeth Savage
The Bronx, 2016. 18-year-old Carver Washington wrestles between going off to college and pursuing his dreams, and staying at home to take care of his kid sister Paris and his wheelchair-bound Grandmother, Ma’Dear.
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