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Radio/Television/Film Department Radio Playshop

 Collection
Identifier: 20/33

  • Staff Only
  • No requestable containers

Scope and Contents

About The Radio Playshop:

The Radio Playshop was organized by Crews in 1939 as a workshop specializing in the production and broadcast of student-written scripts. The first Playshop production was "A Murderous Marriage," by Walter Kerr, M.A. 1938, later Professor of Theatre at Catholic University, Washington, D.C., and drama critic for the New York Herald Tribune and the New York Times. Playshop productions were first broadcast over Chicago station WJJD, and later over station WIND. While some scripts were original, written by students in the course, many scripts were adaptations of stories by well-known authors.

About the Collection:

This series consists of 15 bound volumes containing mimeographed or spirit-duplicated copies of scripts for Radio Playshop productions from the period 1939-53. The scripts are bound chronologically by broadcast date. There is one volume for each academic year, with the following exceptions: no volume exists for 1940-41; scripts for 1941-42 and 1942-43 occupy two volumes each. Many of the titles of the productions are listed in the finding aid for Series 20/32.

Dates

  • 1939-1953

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

There are no restrictions on use of the materials in the department for research; all patrons must comply with federal copyright regulations.

Extent

15.00 Volumes

Language of Materials

English

Abstract

This series consists of 15 bound volumes containing mimeographed or spirit-duplicated copies of scripts for Radio Playshop productions from the period 1939-53. The scripts are bound chronologically by broadcast date. There is one volume for each academic year, with the following exceptions: no volume exists for 1940-41; scripts for 1941-42 and 1942-43 occupy two volumes each. Many of the titles of the productions are listed in the finding aid for Series 20/32.

Method of Acquisition

These volumes were transferred to the University Archives by Professor Martin Maloney of the School of Speech on March 21, 1979 (Accession #79-43).

Related Materials

Radio/Television/Film Department Scripts and Production Reports, 1937-1964 (Series 20/32), includes marked production copies of scripts and production reports for most Radio Playshop productions.

Radio Guild Scripts, 1946-1948 (Series 20/34).

Separated Materials

None.

Processing Information

James G. Carson, May 8, 1985.

Title
Guide to the Radio/Television/Film Department Radio Playshop
Author
James G. Carson
Date
08/05/1985
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin
Language of description note
eng

Library Details

Part of the Northwestern University Archives Repository

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