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Earplay

National Public Radio drama anthology series
from archive.org

"Earplay was the longest-running of the formal series of radio drama anthologies on National Public Radio, produced by WHA in Madison, Wisconsin and heard from 1972 into the 1990s. It approached radio drama as an art form with scripts written by such leading playwrights as Edward Albee, Arthur Kopit, Archibald MacLeish and David Mamet. Airing in stereo, Earplay provided a showcase for original and adapted work. Eventually, the less-sustained successor series NPR Playhouse drew episodes from the Earplay run. Often presented by NPR member stations on a weekly basis, Earplay episodes were produced with much attention to recording technique and sound-effects. In 1975, it scored a triumph with Listening, an original play written by Edward Albee for stereo radio, employing one speaker for one character and another speaker for another character. Since both characters are seated in a room, the illusion is created that they are in the same room as the listener. After its premiere on radio, Listening was later performed on stage. Along with the CBS Radio Mystery Theater, Sears Radio Theater, The General Mills Radio Adventure Theater, Christian radio's Unshackled and Public Radio's The National Radio Theater of Chicago, Earplay was among the most ambitious nationwide projects in the medium in the U.S. during the 1970s and 1980s."

(description from Wikipedia)

  1. Another Visit With John Howard Griffin (13.1Mb)
  2. The Maze By Stewart Ferrar (13.1Mb)
  3. The Midnight Mocker By Leo Goldman (12.9Mb)
  4. Crime And Punishment By Dostoevski Part 1 (12.8Mb)
  5. Crime And Punishment By Dostoevski Part 2 (13.1Mb)
  6. Crime And Punishment By Dostoevski Part 3 (13.6Mb)
  7. The Grappling Court By David Kranes (13.4Mb)
  8. Good Causes By Gamble Rogers (12.2Mb)
  9. Wings By Aurthur Kopit (13.7Mb)
  10. The Tempation Game By John Gardner (13.4Mb)
  11. The Water Engine By David Mamet (12.7Mb)
  12. Dancin To The Calliope By Jack Gilhooley (12.8Mb)
  13. The Lesson Of The Master By Richard Howard (5.4Mb)
  14. The Last Phone In By Keith Waterhouse (13.3Mb)
  15. Porch By Jack Hefner (13.7Mb)
  16. Girls Of The Golden West By Ann Leeton (11.5Mb)
  17. American Modern By Joanna M Glass (12.6Mb)
  18. Death Of A Pig By John Kirkmorris (12.6Mb)
  19. Earplay A Phoenix Too Frequent (12.8Mb)
  20. The Disintegration Of Aaron Weiss By Mark Medoff (13.6Mb)
  21. Chinamans Chance By Roy London (12.3Mb)
  22. Judgement Part 1 (14.1Mb)
  23. Judgement Part 2 (14.4Mb)
  24. The Sun City Chronicles (12Mb)
  25. A Game Of Dice By Dimitri Kehaidis (13.1Mb)
  26. Stones By Shirley Gee (11.8Mb)
  27. Murder Therapy By David Kranes (13.3Mb)
  28. The Dissolution Of Marcus Fleishman By Stephen David (13.4Mb)
  29. The General Brutus By Jeff Wonshell (12.2Mb)
  30. Priest Penitent By Wally K Daly (13.7Mb)
  31. The Hunter Gracchus By John Robinson (12.4Mb)
  32. J B By Archibald Macleish (27.1Mb)
  33. My Name Is Bird Mc Kai By Anne Leaton (13.6Mb)
  34. I Never Sang For My Father By Robert Anderson (13.4Mb)
  35. Fire In The Hole By Tim Obrian (13.5Mb)
  36. Custer By Robert Ingham (13.6Mb)
  37. Stevie By Hugh Whitmore (13.6Mb)
  38. Stuffings By James Purdo And I Hope I Never Get To Monmouth By Kay Kinion (13.5Mb)
  39. A Question Of Benefit By Dave Simpson (12.6Mb)
  40. Third And Oak The Laundomat By Marsha Norman (12.5Mb)
  41. Third And Oak The Pool Hall By Marsha Norman (13.4Mb)
  42. Thaw By Michael Kennedy (11.7Mb)
  43. Cold Earth Travelling By Mike Walker (12.8Mb)
  44. Tthe Dog In The Alley And The Child In The Sky By John Irving And The Lie By John Antrobu (12Mb)
  45. Monk By John Kirkmorris (13.5Mb)
  46. Sweet Potatoes By Rochelle Owens And Station To Station By Peter Mc Nichol (13.5Mb)
  47. Middleman Out By Dick Riley (13.4Mb)
  48. In Camera By Robert Pinger (13.5Mb)
  49. Lone Star By James Mc Lure (13.3Mb)
  50. The Deerslayer By John Ghem (13.4Mb)
  51. The Stolen Jew By Jay Neugeboren (13.2Mb)
  52. Canadian Gothic By Joanna Glass (11.5Mb)
  53. Hotdogs And Soda Pop By Thomas Babe (13.3Mb)
  54. Korsakovs Psychosis By Geoffrey Parkinson (12.3Mb)
  55. Holidays A Quartet Of Plays (13.2Mb)
  56. Beggars Choice By Kathleen Betsko (12.5Mb)
  57. Private Wars By James Mc Lure (13Mb)
  58. The Desert By Janet Niepris (13Mb)
  59. Kennedys Children By Robert Patrick (12.7Mb)
  60. Children Of The Night By Neil Bell (12.8Mb)
  61. The Blood Jet And Portrait Of Sylvia Plath By Barry Kyle (13.2Mb)
  62. Great Days Three Dialogues By Donald Barthelme (13.4Mb)
  63. Right Between The Ears By Dudley Riggs (13.4Mb)
  64. Anything You Want To By The Firesign Theater (13.2Mb)
  65. Giving Up By J C W Brook And Falling By Jonathan Baban (12.4Mb)
  66. Fate Of A Cockroach By Tewfik A Lhakim (13.2Mb)
  67. Dont Be Cruel By Rose Tremain (12.1Mb)
  68. Hope By David Cregan (12.5Mb)
  69. Nightingales Defense By Peter Whalley (12.4Mb)
  70. The Party (7.2Mb)

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