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.
E:\C\Columbia Workshop ====================== 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 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Total 0 folder(s); 146 file(s) Total files size: 1012 MB; 1011725 KB; 1036005939 Bytes ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^