Columbia Workshop
Columbia Workshop
Columbia Workshop was a radio series that aired on the Columbia Broadcasting System from 1936 to 1943, returning in 1946-47.
The series began as the idea of Irving Reis. For Reis, the Columbia Workshop was a platform
for developing new techniques for presentation on radio as noted in the debut broadcast:
Reis called upon others to try their hand in writing new or adapting existing material
for the experimental nature of the Workshop. Orson Welles did a two-part adaptation of Shakespeare's Hamlet
(mentioned along with the Workshop in the fictitious film Me and Orson Welles), as well as a 30-minute condensation of Macbeth.
Irwin Shaw contributed one show, and Stephen Vincent Benét adapted several of his short stories.
Reis also experimented with readings and dramatizations of poetry, including works by
Samuel Taylor Coleridge, John Masefield and Edgar Allan Poe.
One of the most notable presentations of Reis's tenure was Archibald MacLeish's original radio play, The Fall of the City.
With a cast that included Burgess Meredith, Orson Welles and 300 students, the play was notable for its portrayal
of the collapse of a city under an unnamed dictator, a commentary on fascism in Germany and Italy.
On the broadcast of December 23, 1937 (the first of a two-part dramatization of Lewis Carroll's Alice Through the Looking Glass),
it was announced that William N. Robson had succeeded Irving Reis as director of the Columbia Workshop.
Robson was not averse to experimentation. His San Quentin Prison Break, originally broadcast
prior to the Workshop on January 16, 1935 was based on an actual incident.
To achieve a sense of realism, the dramatization was a combination news report or documentary.
Unlike most radio dramas, there was no narrator involved.
When it was revived in 1956, it was retitled the CBS Radio Workshop.
Reposting (1/02/11) because we've located a lot of lost episodes.
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Columbia Workshop - 360718 - 001 - Comedy of Danger-Finger of God
Columbia Workshop - 360725 - 002 - Broadway Evening
Columbia Workshop - 360801 - 003 - Cartwheel
Columbia Workshop - 360808 - 004 - Experiment-Highway Incident
Columbia Workshop - 360815 - 005 - Case History
Columbia Workshop - 360822 - 006 - There Must Be Something Else
Columbia Workshop - 360905 - 007 - The San Quentin Broadcast
Columbia Workshop - 360912 - 008 - Voyage to Brobdingnag
Columbia Workshop - 360919 - 009 - Hamlet
Columbia Workshop - 361114 - 016 - Hamlet Part 2
Columbia Workshop - 361128 - 018 - Patent System
Columbia Workshop - 361219 - 020 - The Gods of the Mountain
Columbia Workshop - 361226 - 021 - The Happy Prince
Columbia Workshop - 370102 - 022 - Public Domain
Columbia Workshop - 370213 - 028 - Pitch Perception
Columbia Workshop - 370411 - 034 - The Fall of the City
Columbia Workshop - 370627 - 045 - Babuouk
Columbia Workshop - 370801 - 050 - Daniel Webster and the Sea Serpent
Columbia Workshop - 370926 - 058 - Alice's Adventures in Wonderland Part 1
Columbia Workshop - 371003 - 059 - Alice's Adventures in Wonderland Part 2
Columbia Workshop - 371017 - 061 - The Killers
Columbia Workshop - 371031 - 063 - Sweep
Columbia Workshop - 371223 - 070 - Alice Through The Looking Glass - Pt 1
Columbia Workshop - 371230 - 071 - Alice Through The Looking Glass - Pt 2
Columbia Workshop - 380108 - 072 - Ghost of Bejamin Sweet, the Part 1
Columbia Workshop - 380115 - 073 - The House That Jack Didn't Build
Columbia Workshop - 380129 - 075 - Madame Curie
Columbia Workshop - 380205 - 076 - Andrea Del Sarto
Columbia Workshop - 380212 - 077 - Be Prepared
Columbia Workshop - 380219 - 078 - Well of the Saints
Columbia Workshop - 380226 - 079 - Night Patrol
Columbia Workshop - 380312 - 081 - Hassan
Columbia Workshop - 380326 - 083 - J Smith and Wife
Columbia Workshop - 380402 - 084 - Seven Waves Away
Columbia Workshop - 380409 - 085 - Broken Feather
Columbia Workshop - 380416 - 086 - The Terrible Meek
Columbia Workshop - 380423 - 087 - Never Come Monday
Columbia Workshop - 380430 - 088 - Four into Seven Won't Go
Columbia Workshop - 380507 - 089 - The Fisherman and His Soul
Columbia Workshop - 380521 - 091 - Ecce Homo (Behold the Man)
Columbia Workshop - 380528 - 092 - Bury the Dead
Columbia Workshop - 380604 - 093 - Tranga Man, Fine Gah
Columbia Workshop - 380611 - 094 - Surrealism (From Ooh to Aah)
Columbia Workshop - 380709 - 098 - Red Badge of Courage
Columbia Workshop - 380730 - 101 - Tristram
Columbia Workshop - 380806 - 102 - The Devil and Daniel Webster
Columbia Workshop - 380915 - 106 - Outward Bound
Columbia Workshop - 380922 - 107 - He Doubles in Pipes
Columbia Workshop - 381027 - 111 - Air Raid
Columbia Workshop - 381117 - 114 - Luck
Columbia Workshop - 381215 - 118 - Trip to Czardis
Columbia Workshop - 381229 - 120 - Crosstown Manhattan
Columbia Workshop - 390123 - 124 - Prophecy
Columbia Workshop - 390220 - 127 - Nine Prisoners
Columbia Workshop - 390306 - 129 - Winged Victory
Columbia Workshop - 390313 - 130 - In the Train
Columbia Workshop - 390320 - 131 - Letter from Home
Columbia Workshop - 390327 - 132 - Pepito Inherits the Earth
Columbia Workshop - 390403 - 133 - Rendezvous with Kit Carson
Columbia Workshop - 390410 - 134 - They Fly Through the Air
Columbia Workshop - 390529 - 140 - Private Throgg
Columbia Workshop - 390810 - 149 - Radio Play - Saroyan
Columbia Workshop - 390817 - 150 - Drink of Water
Columbia Workshop - 390824 - 001 - Meridian 7-1212
Columbia Workshop - 390921 - 005 - Now It's Summer
Columbia Workshop - 390928 - 006 - The Fall of the City
Columbia Workshop - 391102 - 010 - Blennerhasset
Columbia Workshop - 391116 - 011 - A Letter from Above
Columbia Workshop - 391123 - 012 - A Circular Tour
Columbia Workshop - 391130 - 013 - The Wonderful Day
Columbia Workshop - 391207 - 014 - As You Like It
Columbia Workshop - 391214 - 015 - The Story in Dogtown Common
Columbia Workshop - 391228 - 017 - Higher Than a Kite
Columbia Workshop - 400404 - 027 - My Client Curley
Columbia Workshop - 400602 - 033 - Dark Valley
Columbia Workshop - 400609 - 034 - No Complications
Columbia Workshop - 400707 - 037 - The Cock-Eyed Wonder
Columbia Workshop - 400811 - 041 - Nightmare at Noon-Radio in the Rain
Columbia Workshop - 400818 - 042 - The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins
Columbia Workshop - 401103 - 052 - The Constitution
Columbia Workshop - 401110 - 053 - Piano Recital
Columbia Workshop - 401117 - 054 - I Get the Blues from Revues
Columbia Workshop - 401124 - 055 - Dynasts
Columbia Workshop - 401201 - 056 - Mulberry Street (Dr Seuss)
Columbia Workshop - 401208 - 057 - Trojan Women
Columbia Workshop - 401229 - 060 - Dr Johnson in Scotland
Columbia Workshop - 410420 - 075 - The Reluctant Dragon
Columbia Workshop - 410504 - 001 - Radio Primer
Columbia Workshop - 410608 - 006 - Odyssey of Runyon Jones
Columbia Workshop - 410817 - 015 - Old Testament Trilogy Part 2
Columbia Workshop - 410831 - 017 - Mary and the Fairy
Columbia Workshop - 411130 - 003 - Double Ugly
Columbia Workshop - 411215 - We Hold These Truths ( Special Broadcast)
Columbia Workshop - 411228 - 006 - Who Wants to Be Born These Days
Columbia Workshop - 420419 - 022 - Play Ball
Columbia Workshop - 420928 - 044 - Florrie and the Country Green
Columbia Workshop - 421224 - Plot To Overthrow Christmas
Columbia Workshop - 440307 - 001 - Movie Primer
Columbia Workshop - 440418 - 007 - Untitled
Columbia Workshop - 440502 - 009 - The Cliche Expert
Columbia Workshop - 440509 - 010 - Cromer
Columbia Workshop - 440523 - 012 - Tel Aviv
Columbia Workshop - 440530 - 013 - Untitled
Columbia Workshop - 440606 - 014 - American Trilogy 1 - Carl Sandburg
Columbia Workshop - 440704 - 017 - Home for the Fourth
Columbia Workshop - 440725 - 019 - El Capitan and the Corporal
Columbia Workshop - 450512 - On a Note of Triumph - part 1
Columbia Workshop - 450513 - On A Note Of Triumph
Columbia Workshop - 450703 - 001 - Unity Fair
Columbia Workshop - 450710 - 002 - Daybreak
Columbia Workshop - 450717 - 003 - The Undecided Molecule
Columbia Workshop - 450724 - 004 - New York, a Tapestry for Radio
Columbia Workshop - 450814 - 007 - Fourteen August
Columbia Workshop - 450821 - 008 - L'affair Gumpert
Columbia Workshop - 460202 - 001 - Homecoming
Columbia Workshop - 460209 - 002 - Anniversary
Columbia Workshop - 460216 - 003 - Just a Plain Blue Suit
Columbia Workshop - 460223 - 004 - Hard Luck Story
Columbia Workshop - 460302 - 005 - Slim
Columbia Workshop - 460309 - 006 - Thanks for the Memories
Columbia Workshop - 460316 - 007 - Four Quartets of TS Elliot
Columbia Workshop - 460323 - 008 - Act of Faith
Columbia Workshop - 460330 - 009 - A Very Honorable Guy
Columbia Workshop - 460406 - 010 - The Last Speech
Columbia Workshop - 460413 - 011 - Joe Peabody's Dream
Columbia Workshop - 460421 - 012 - The Playroom
Columbia Workshop - 460428 - 013 - A Study in Bells and House
Columbia Workshop - 460512 - 015 - No Children at Play
Columbia Workshop - 460616 - 020 - Sometime Every Summertime
Columbia Workshop - 460630 - 022 - This Is Singing Country (1776-1864)
Columbia Workshop - 460721 - 025 - The Pied Pied Piper of Hamelin
Columbia Workshop - 460728 - 026 - Legend in Brocade
Columbia Workshop - 460804 - 027 - Happy Thoughts for a Hot Afternoon
Columbia Workshop - 460811 - 028 - Wilber-The Psychoneurotic Auto
Columbia Workshop - 460818 - 029 - Modern Exhibit
Columbia Workshop - 460825 - 030 - Path and the Door - Psychological Experiment
Columbia Workshop - 460915 - 031 - The Last Delegate
Columbia Workshop - 460928 - 033 - The Day That Baseball Died
Columbia Workshop - 461019 - 036 - Moby Dick Part 1
Columbia Workshop - 461026 - 037 - Moby Dick Part 2
Columbia Workshop - 461123 - 041 - The Tin Whistle
Columbia Workshop - 461207 - 043 - The Parade
Columbia Workshop - 461221 - 045 - The Day They Gave Babies Away
Columbia Workshop - 461228 - 046 - Rain, Rain Go Away
Columbia Workshop - 470111 - 048 - Surreal Marriage
Columbia Workshop - 470118 - 049 - My Life with Ernest Ruell
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