"CBS RADIO WORKSHOP" (revival of the 30's experimental dramatic anthology "The Columbia Workshop")

Broadcast History: Jan. 27, 1956--Sept. 22, 1957, CBS. 30m, Fridays at 8:30 until Nov. 1956, then Sundays at 4.

Cast: William Conrad, the most frequent narrator; initially West Coast character actors (Vic Perrin, Lurene Tuttle, John Dehner, Parley Baer, Virginia Gregg, Howard McNear, Vincent Price, Daws Butler, etc.); later New York talent (Jackson Beck, Joe Julian, Elspeth Eric, etc.)

"Brave New World, Part 1" (1/27/56). Aldous Huxley (author); William Froug (adaptation/producer/director); Bernard Hermann (music composer and conductor); William Conrad and Hugh Douglas (announcers); Ray Kemper, Bill James (sound effects [uncredited])

Cast: Aldous Huxley (Narrator), Joseph Kearns (Director of Hatcheries), Bill Idelson (Student #1), Gloria Henry (Lanina Crowne), Charlotte Lawrence (Fanny), Byron Kane (Henry Foster), Sam Edwards (Student #2), Jack Kruschen (Bernard Marx), Vic Perrin (John the Savage), Lurene Tuttle (Linda), William Conrad (Helmholtz Watson)

2/03/56: "Brave New World, Part 2," by Aldous Huxley; William Froug (adaptation/producer/director); Bernard Hermann (music composer and conductor); William Conrad and Hugh Douglas (announcers).

Cast: Aldous Huxley (Narrator), Joseph Kearns (Director of Hatcheries), Herb Butterfield (Resident Controller), Bill Idelson (Student), Gloria Henry (Lanina Crowne), Charlotte Lawrence (Fanny), Parley Baer (Soma Distributor), Doris Singleton (Nurse), Jack Kruschen (Bernard Marx), Vic Perrin (John the Savage), Lurene Tuttle (Linda), William Conrad (Helmholtz Watson)

2/10/56: "Storm," by George Stewart; adapted and directed by William N. Robson; William Froug (producer); Jerry Goldsmith (music composer and conductor); Ray Kemper, Bill James (sound effects); Hugh Douglas (announcer)

Cast: William Conrad (Narrator), Helene Burke (Emily, Telephone Operator), Chet Stratton, Herb Butterfield (Chief Forecaster), Byron Kane (City Man, Harry), Harry Bartell (Steamboat Company Caller), Tony Barrett, Barney Phillips (Road Superintendent, Texan), Frank Gerstle (Load Dispatcher), Jack Kruschen

2/17/56: "Season of Disbelief/Hail and Farewell," by Ray Bradbury, adapted and directed by Antony Elllis; William Froug (producer); Jerry Goldsmith (music); Hugh Douglas (announcer)

Cast: Ray Bradbury (Host); "Season of Disbelief" Virginia Gregg (Mrs. Helen Bentley), John Dehner (Narrator), Dawn Bender (Alice), Marion Richmond (Jane), Herb Butterfield (John Bentley);

"Hail and Farewell": Richard Beals (Willie), Stacy Harris (Narrator), Vivi Jannis (Anna), Lawrence Dobkin (Steve, Man), Paula Winslowe (Emily Robinson), Roy Glenn (Porter), Billy Chapin (Boy), Peggy Webber (Boy)

2/24/56: "Colloquy #1: An Interview with William Shakespeare" William Froug (producer/director); Prof. Frank W. Wassell (additional research); Hugh Douglas (announcer)

Cast: Dr. Frank C. Baxter (Moderator), Ben Wright (William Shakespeare), Hans Conried (Christopher Marlowe), Ramsay Hill (Edward DeVere [Earl of Oxford]), Jay Novello (Sir Francis Bacon), William Conrad (Richard Burbage)

3/09/56: "Report on E. S. P." by Leonard Sinclair (script, research); William Froug (producer); Jack Johnstone (director); Amerigo Marino (music); Norma Zimmer (vocals); Hugh Douglas (announcer)

Cast: John McIntire (Narrator), Lucille Meredith (Mary Clemens), Lillian Buyeff (Card Reader), Don Diamond (Sigmund Freud), Larry Dobkin (Mr. Dobkin), Russell Thorson (Mr. Thorson), Stacy Harris (proxy voice of Robert Balin), Robert Balin (Himself), Forrest Lewis (Henry Gross), Sam Edwards (Samuel Clemens), Raymond Burr (Abraham Lincoln), Bert Holland

3/16/56: [New York] "Cops and Robbers," conceived and directed by Stanley Niss; Paul Roberts (producer), Art Hannes (announcer);

Cast: John Sylvester (Dunk), Elspeth Eric (Ellie), Larry Haines (Joe), Ken Lynch (Bartender); Lt. Dan Campion, Richard Jacobson, Howard C. Clancy, Jerry Heney (Detectives, as themselves)

A group of retired New York City police detectives attempt to solve a fictional robbery and shooting. Scenes prior to the investigation were scripted, and the actors were given an outline of their roles and motivations, but their responses to police interrogation were largely improvised.

Notres: This interesting experiment was conceived and directed by Stanley Niss, veteran writer of such radio police dramas as "Gangbusters," and the principal actors were all veterans of "Gangbusters" (Elspeth Eric was especially known for her portrayals of spirited molls, such that fan clubs sprang up in Leavenworth!)

3/23/56 [Hollywood]: "The Legend of Jimmy Blue-Eyes," story by Edmund Brophy, adapted and directed by Sam Pierce; Ray Noble (music); Manny Klein (trumpet); "All Star Band": Tony Peterson (trombone), Matty Matlock (clarinet), Sammy Weiss (drums), Nat Barber (piano), Larry Breen (bass); William Froug (producer); Hugh Douglas (announcer)

Cast: William Conrad (Narrator), Jimmie Dodd (Jimmy Blue-Eyes), Roy Glenn (Hotlips Joe), Georgia Ellis (Jill, Kansas City Better), Sam Edwards (Chippy, Bystander #1, Heckling Voice), Lou Merrill ("Red"), Nan Boardman (Mammy Magic), Jack Moyles (Bystander #2, Heckling Voice), Tony Barrett (New York Better)

Notes: The "All-Star Band" used in this program included several notable radio musicians. Manny Klein had played trumpet for "The Ipana Troubadors" in the late 20's. Matty Matlock had worked with Bob Crosby's band and was a featured musician in Jack Webb's "Pete Kelly's Blues" band. Sammy Weiss was a long standing member of the orchestra for "The Jack Benny Program," and occasionally referred to in jokes on the program as "Sammy the Drummer," one of Phil Harris' hard-drinking musicians.

3/30/1956: "The Ex-Urbanites" by A. C. Specktorskies; adapted by Charles S. Monroe; Paul Roberts (producer/director); Ben Ludlow (composer); Alfredo Antonini (conductor); Bob Hite (announcer)

Cast: Eric Severaid (Narrator), John Larkin (Fred), Jan Miner (Liz), Joe Halgerson (Pruitt)

04/06/1956: "Speaking of Cinderella, or If the Shoe Fits" by Ed Vertier and Don Clark; Don Clark (director); Jeff Alexander (music); William Froug (producer); Hugh Douglas (announcer)

Cast: Vincent Price (Himself/Narrator), Lurene Tuttle (Himself/Narrator), Virginia Gregg (Fairy Godmother), Jeanette Nolan, Louise Arthur, Jeanne Bates, Vic Perrin (Prince Charming, Princey), Irene Tedrow (Stepmother), Harry Bartell, Sam Edwards, Peter Leeds, Jack Kruschen, Byron Kane (King)

04/13/1956: "Jacob's Hands" by Aldous Huxley and Christopher Isherwood; Willim Froug (adaptor/director); Jerry Goldsmith (music); Hugh Douglas (announcer)

Cast: Christopher Isherwood (Narrator), Vic Perrin (Jacob Erickson), Virginia Gregg (Sharon), Herb Butterfield (Professor Arnold Carter), Helen Kleeb (Aunt Annie), Larry Dobkin (Tom Pierce), Harry Bartell (Ed Burton), Parley Baer (Dr. Maller), John Dehner (Dr. Carruthers, Theater Owner), Hans Conried (Doc Waldo), Bill Conrad (Lou Zakoni), Janet Stewart (Miss Reed)

04/27/1956: "The Record Collector" by William Woodson, Lou Houston, Larry Thor; William Froug (producer/director)

Cast: John Dehner (Moderator), Howard McNear (Dr. Arbogast), Lou Houston (Tittus McFattridge), Lynn Murray, Margaret Whiting, Maggie Young (Themselves)

5/04/56 [NY]: "The Toledo War" words by Edward Eegar, music by David Brooklind; Paul Roberts (producer); Bob Hite (announcer)

Cast: Arthur Newman (Judge Phineas Question), Jean Hanslick (Mrs. Question), Lois Winters (Annabelle), Shirley Emmonds (Isabelle), Peyton Higginson (The Hero), Mike Pollock (Strickland II), John Wilson, Jack Brown, Bill Marine

5/11/56 [Hollywood]: "The Enormous Radio" by John Cheever; Antony Ellis (producer/director/adaptation); Robert Chadwick, Bill James, Clark Casey (special effects);

Cast: William Conrad (Narrator), Virginia Gregg (Irene Westcott), Stacy Harris (Jim Westcott), Eve McVey (Mrs. Johnson), Hans Conried (Mr. Johnson, Kathy's Husband), Charlotte Lawrence, Joseph Kearns (Ring Husband, Apple Core Man), Paula Winslowe (Wife #2, Mother), Herb Butterfield, Helen Kleeb (Emma the Maid, Charlie's Wife), George Walsh (Radio Announcer), Irene Tedrow (Miss Armstrong)

8936. The CBS Radio Workshop. May 20, 1956. CBS net. "Lovers, Villains, and Fools". Sustaining. A shakespearean sampler of the actor and his craft. Helen Hayes. 1/2 hour. Audio condition: Excellent. Complete.

05/25/1956: "The Little Prince" by Antoine de Saint Exupery; Antony Ellis (producer/director); Rene Garriguenc (composer); Wilbur Hatch (conductor); Hugh Douglas (announcer)

Cast: Richard Beals (The Little Prince), Raymond Burr (Narrator/Pilot), Ben Wright (King), Joseph Kearns (Conceited Man), Hans Conried (Businessman)

06/08/56: "Bring on the Angels" by H. L. Mencken (adapted by Alan Sloane); Paul Roberts (producer/director); Ben Ludlow (composer); Alfredo Antonini (conductor); Bob Hite (announcer)

Cast: Luis Van Rooetn (Elder Mencken), Mason Adams (Younger Mencken), Ed Prentiss (Max Ways), Ethel Owen (Miss Nellie), Daniel Ocko (DeBecker), Jackson Beck (Prosecutor), Walter Kinsella, John Gibson (Jonesy), Joe Halgerson, Ian Martin (Mr.Walters)

06/15/56: "Another Point of View, or Hamlet Revisited" by Ben Wright and William Conrad; Antony Ellis (transcribed/produced); William Conrad (director); Jerry Goldsmith (music); Hugh Douglas (announcer)

Cast: William Conrad (Narrator), Ben Wright (Hamlet), John McIntire (Claudius), Jeanette Nolan (Gertrude), Sammie Hill (Ophelia), Fred MacKaye (Polonius)

6/01/56 [Hollywood]: "A Matter of Logic" Antony Ellis (writer/producer/director)

Cast: William Conrad (Himself), Antony Ellis (Himself), Stacy Harris (Himself, Detective), Mary Jane Croft (Herself, Julie Conrad), Hugh Douglas (Himself/Announcer), Parley Baer (Himself, Lead Nobody), Fred MacKaye, Ben Wright (Nobody), Robert Chadwick (Audio Engineer), Bill James (Sound Man)

6/29/1956: [New York] "The Eternal Joan" by Henry E. Fritch; Paul Roberts (prod/dir), Alexander Steinert (music); Bob Hite (announcer)

Cast: Elspeth Eric (Joan), Louis Kronenberger (Tape Narrator), Alan Hewitt (Boudrikeur), Jack Manning (The Dauphin), John Gibson, Daniel Ocko, Bob Dryden, Luis Van Rooten, Roger DeKoven, Ed Prentiss, Guy Repp, Ellen Muir, Gladys Holland, Ruth Toban

7/13/56 [NY]: "The Case of the White Kitten" written by George H. Foster; Ira Ashley (director); Charles Paul (music); Paul Roberts (producer); Bob Hite (announcer)

Cast: Audrey Christie (Louise), Kenny Delmar (Monahan), Berry Kroeger (Joe), Ed Latimer, Arline Blackburn, Don Briggs, Lyn Loring, Bill Smith, Frank Milano (Kitten?), and Mason Adams as Sgt. McGonagle

07/27/1956: "Star Boy" by Henry E. Fritch; Alexander Steinert (adaptor/arranger); Alfredo Antonini (conductor); Paul Roberts (producer/director); Cornell University Lab of Ornithology; Bob Hite (announcer)

Cast: Elspeth Eric (Soa-saki), Luis Van Rooten (Notasin the Medicine Man), Joe Halgerson (Morning Star), Tom Ellis (Star Boy), Cliff Hall, Elaine Rost, Peggy Allenby, Nell Harrison, Ray Brown, Ruth Toban

8/03/56: "Subways Are for Sleeping" based on an article by Edmund G. Love, adapted by Fran Van Hartesveldt; William N. Robson (producer/director); Fred Steiner (score)

Cast: Byron Kane (Henry Shelby), William Conneelly (Narrator), Sara Selby (Art Gallery Patron), Helene Burke (Librarian), Edwin Bruce, Frank Gerstle, Kort Falkenberg, Tony Barrett (Park Speaker), Ted Bliss, Alan Reed (H. J.Chisolm)

08/10/56: "Only Johnny Knows" by Johanna Johnston; Charles Paul (music); Paul Roberts (director/producer); Gaylord Avery (announcer)

Cast: Joseph Julian (Narrator), Katherine Anderson (Modern Mother), Jackson Beck (The Observer), Mary Patton, Ian Martin, Sarah Fussell, Joe Halgerson, Ed Prentiss, Lawson Zerbe, Nell Harrison, Ethel Owen, Ruth Toban

8/17/56: "Colloquy #2: A Dissertation on Love "or Boy Meets Girl" by William N. Robeson and Jess Goldstein; Sam Pierce (director); William N. Robeson (producer); Hugh Douglas (announcer)

Cast: Dr. Frank C. Baxter (Moderator), Ben Wright (Monsieur Lucian Moran), Shep Menken (Boy), Ramsay Hill (Sir Eustace Ponsonby), Peter Leeds (Tack Flynt), Sammie Hill (Girl)

8/24/56 [NY]: "The Billion Dollar Failure Of Figger Fallup" written by Henry E. Fritch; Paul Roberts (producer/director); Bob Hite (announcer)

Cast: Joseph Julian (Mr. Goody), Bob Dryden (Lucifer), Elaine Rost (Miss Sheckel)

8/31/56 [Hollywood]: "Colloquy #3: Analysis of Satire" written by Stan Freberg and William N. Robson; William N. Robson (producer/director); Lynn Murray (music);

Cast: Stan Freberg (Host, Feedback Frugle, Hi-Fi Announcer, Arthur Godfrey, New Mexico Delegate, Wisconsin Delegate, Will Rogers, Frank), June Foray (Rhoda Mae Flogg, Convention Secretary, Delegate, Listener #2), Daws Butler (Fred Allen, Dachron Brillcloth, Godfrey Announcer, Missouri Delegate, Montana Delegate, Listener #1), Sam Pierce (Reporter #1), Larry Thor (Reporter #2), Parley Baer (The Censor, Minnesota Delegate), Alan Reed (Aristophones, Chairman Cal Fuller), Bill Thompson (H. H. Horn, Ajax Cassidy, California Delegate)

9/07/56 [NY]: "The Hither and Thither of Danny Dither" book and lyrics by Jeremy Gurry, adapted by Draper Lewis; Alex North (music composer); Charles Nicktor (orchestra director); Michael Stewart (vocal supervision); Paul Roberts (producer); Gaylord Avery (announcer)

Cast: Bobby Alford (Danny Dither), Lynn Loring (Daisy)

9/14/56 [Hollywood]: "A Pride of Carrots" by Robert Nathan. William N. Robson (producer/director/adaptation); Jerry Goldsmith (music); Hugh Douglas (announcer)

Cast: Robert Nathan (Narrator), Helene Burke (Alice, Mrs. Potter), June Foray (Edwina, Grocery Clerk), Tracy Roberts, Daws Butler (Fido the Griffin, Spindlespeare), Ted Bliss, Richard Hale, Alan Reed (Secretary General of the Party Odor), Sam Pierce, Bill Thompson (Secretary of the Interior Edwin, Sergeant)

9/21/56 [NY]: "The Oedipus Story" by Henry E. Fritch, with excerpts from Sophocles to Eugene O'Neill; Alexander Steinert (music composer and arranger); Ralph Sandor (additional scoring); Henry Silbern (additional scoring, orchestra director); Paul Roberts (producer/director)

Cast: Alexander Scourby (Narrator), Elspeth Eric (Lavinia), Peggy Allenby (Christine), Jack Manning (Orin, Oedipus), Roger DeKoven (General Maneleus), Ivor Francis, Robert McQueenie, Guy Repp, Nell Harrison, Mark Leonard, Bob Dryen, Bobby Alford, Joanne Palmer, Joseph Julian, Ruth Toban, Joseph Warren

10/05/56 [Hollywood]: "Roughing It" by Mark Twain, adapted by Frances Van Hartesfeld; William N. Robson (producer/director); Amerigo Marino (music)

Cast: Luis Van Rooten (Sam Clemens), B. J. Thompson (Mrs. Johnson, Film Female), Eddie Marr (Bob Clemens), Daws Butler (George Beamis, Mr. Ollendorf), Peter Leeds (Mr. Harris), Howard McNear (Auction Man), Jack Kruschen (Mr. Ballou), Hal Peary (Arkansas), Junius Matthews (Johnson the Bartender)

10/12/56 [New York]: "A Writer at Work" with Paul Roberts (producer); Stan Davis (director); Ben Ludlow (composer), Alfredo Antonini (conductor), Chet Kingsford (organ), Bob Hite (announcer)

Cast: Hector Chevigny (Himself/The Writer), Jan Miner (Herself/Terry), Ethel Owen (Mother Burton), Dwight Weist (Stan), Alice Frost (Marcia), Larry Haines (Lou), Larry Robinson (Brad Burton), Lynn Loring, Sarah Fussell, Eleanor Lome (Secretary)

11/04/1956: "Colloquy Four: The Joe Miller Jokebook" by Paul Franklin (writer/director); William N. Robson (producer); Gus Bayz (sound effects [gong])

Cast: Dr. Frank C. Baxter (Host/Moderator), Virginia Gregg (Wife), Joseph Kearns (Life of the Party, Roman Joke Teller, Armstrong Joke Teller), Peter Leeds (Comedian, Cicero), Ben Wright (Joe Miller), Daws Butler (John Gay, After Dinner Speaker, Audience Member #2), Howard McNear (Mockley, Stooge #2), Jay Novello (Thaddeus Reed, Lawyer), Joe Forte (Stooge #1)

11/11/56 [Hollywood]: "Report On The We'ans" by Robert Nathan (adapted by William N. Robson and Fran Van Hartesfeld); William N. Robson (producer/director)

Cast: June Foray (Tress Vess Neff), Byron Kane (Radio Rhodesia Voice, Excavation Worker), Daws Butler (D'nar Gebb, Yush El'tebee, Southern Voice on Record), Edgar Barrier (Straw Bahan Bollek), Jay Novello (Straw Obergurst Leevey), Joe Kearns (Straw Hans Schwee, Kowl'Ee Dee), Joe DeSantis (Hulee Bennicker), Hans Conried (Straw Hop Bukkan)

11/18/56 [NY]: "The Sounds of a Nation" written by Henry E. Fritch; Alexander Steinert (music); Paul Roberts (producer/director); Dick Noel (announcer)

Cast: Luis Van Rooten (Narrator), Leon Janney, Ruth Toban, Ralph Bell, Millicent Brower, Herm Dinkin, Rollie Bester, Joe Halgerson

12/02/1956: "The Day the Roof Fell In" by Charles S. Monroe; Ben Ludlow (composer); Alfredo Antonini (conductor); Paul Roberts (prod/dir); Bob Feiffer (announcer)

Cast: Berry Kroeger (Dr. Manning), Joe Halgerson (Pete), Elspeth Eric (Helen), Jackson Beck (Kennelly), Ralph Bell, Leon Janney, Elaine Rost, Joe Julian

12/16/56: "The Big Event" by Gloria Dapper, Draper Lewis; Ben Ludlow (composer), Alfredo Antonini (conductor), Paul Roberts (producer/director); Warren Sweeney (announcer)

Cast: William Redfield (Danny Nolan), Ralph Bell (Mr. Blair), Ethel Owen (Mrs. Robertson), Roger DeKoven (Dr. Johnson), Elaine Rost, Ivor Francis, Herm Dinkin, Ruby Dee

12/23/56 [NY]: "All is Bright" by Henry E. Fritch; Alexander Steinert (music); Bob Feiffer (announcer);

Cast: Rudolph Weiss (Reinhart Kramer), Joseph Julian (Father Moore), Herm Dinkin (Franz Gruber), Dan Ocko (Mr. Marah, Organ Man), Leon Janney (Ludwig Ecke)

1/13/1957: "No Time For Heartaches" by Sam Pierce (writer/director); William N. Robeson (producer), Paul Baron (music), Hugh Douglas (announcer)

Cast: Sophie Tucker (Herself), Margaret Whiting (Sophie Tucker as a Girl), Norma Jean Nillson (Young Girl), Hans Conried (Harry Von Tilzer, Percy Hammond), Daws Butler (Chris Brown, Messenger Boy), June Foray (Gladys Farley, Amy Lesley, Actress), Jay Novello (Ashton Stevens, Sheik), Amanda Randolph (Molly), Roy Glenn (Shelton Brooks), Byron Kane (Ted Shapiro)

1/20/1957: "Fire at Malibu" by William N. Robeson (writer/producer/director); Lynn Murray (music); Hugh Douglas (announcer)

Cast: William Conrad (Narrator), Norma Jean Nilsson, Kort Falkenberg, Larry Thor, Jim Nusser, Barney Phillips, Joe DeSantis, Lou Krugman, Sam Pierce

1/27/1957: "The Crazy Life" by David Karp; Ira Ashley (director); Milton Keigh (music); Paul Roberts (producer); Ted Pearson (announcer)

Cast: Henry Morgan, Elspeth Eric, with Bryna Raeburn, Agnes Young, Madeline Pearce, Luis Van Rooten, Santos Ortega, Carl Frank, Larry Haines

2/17/57 (New York Broadcast): "The Space Merchants, Part 1" by Frederik Pohl and C. M. Kornbluth. Paul Roberts (producer/director), Samuel Natlovsky (music), Tom Buchanan and Tom Perkins (sound effects), Jack Cates (engineer), Ted Pearson (announcer)

Cast: Staats Cotsworth (Mitch Courtney), Virginia Kaye (Dr. Kathy Nevins), Bob Dryden (Jack O'Shea), Ed Prentiss (Fowler Shocken), Mary Patton (Hester), Bob Readick (Matt Runstead), Joseph Julian, Ralph Bell (Harris), Ian Martin, Joe Halgerson

2/24/57: "The Space Merchants, Part 2" by C. M. Kornbluth and Frederik Pohl (adapted by Charles S. Roberts); Paul Roberts (producer/director), Samuel Natlovsky (music), Tom Buchanan and Tom Perkins (sound effects), Jack Cates (engineer), Ted Pearson (announcer)

Cast: Staats Cotsworth (Mitch Courtney), Virginia Kaye (Dr. Kathy Nevins), Ralph Camargo (Harrera), Leon Janney, Joseph Boland, Ian Martin, Jackson Beck (Yummy Cola Senator), Ed Prentiss (Fowler Shocken), Joe Julian (The President), Mary Patton (Hester), Bob Dryden, Ralph Bell, and Joe Halgerson

03/03/57: "Ballad of the Iron Horse" by Charles B. Smith, based on a story by Ken McMannis; William N. Robson (producer/director), Fred Steiner (music composer); Lynn Murray (conductor); Bill James, Tom Handley (sound patterns)

Cast: The Mellomen [Thurl Ravenscroft, Bill Lee, Max Smith, Bob Stevens] (Singers), William Conrad (Narrator), Joan Banks (Vi), Dick Crenna (Sally), Joe DeSantis (Mr. Yancey), John Dehner (The Colonel), Jack Moyles (Mr.Tuckson), Daws Butler (Mr. Hemmel, Barker), Jack Kruschen (Henry [uncredited])

3/10/57: "Air Raid" written by Archibald MacLeish; William N. Robson (producer/director); John Dehner (announcer)

Cast: Frank Goss (Studio Announcer), Ben Wright (Remote Announcer), Lurene Tuttle (Woman #1), Virginia Gregg (Woman #2, Old Woman), Shirley Mitchell (Woman #3), Ellen Morgan (Woman #4), Norma Jean Nillson (Girl #1), Anne Whitfield (Girl #2), Betty Noyes (Singing Woman), John Dehner (Sergeant), Richard Beals (Boy), Shepard Menken (Young Man)

Note: This reprise of the acclaimed 1938 "Columbia Workshop" production (which featured Ray Collins, Frank Galop, and Agnes Moorehead amongst others) is notable for the almost ironic public service announcement for the peace corps which follows!

3/17/1957: "The Endless Road" by Henry E. Fritch; Charles Paul (music); Paul Roberts (producer/director); Dick Noel (announcer)

Cast: Ralph Bell (Ranson), Pert Kelton (Mrs. Ranson), Bob Dryden (The Commandant), Lesley Scott (Armando), Ruby Dee (Native Wife), Simeon A. Benjamin, Maurice Ellis, Ralph Camargo, Ronald Dawson, Guy Repp, Frances Foster, Daniel Ocko, Richard Sheppard, Roscoe Browne, Janeane Jamomm, Bryney Burrows

4/14/57: "Carlotta's Serape". Sustaining. Brooks Atkinson (host), Dick Noel (announcer), Maxwell Anderson (author), Rose Orenti (author), Thornton Wilder (author).

Cast: Elspeth Eric (Carlotta), Luis Van Rooten (The Weaver), Staats Cotsworth, Vera Allen (Tourists)

5/05/1957: "Nightmare," Elliott Lewis (writer, producer, director); Fred Steiner (music composed and conducted)

Cast: Elliott Lewis (Johnny Scott), Mary Jane Croft (Ruth Scott), Edgar Barrier (Dr. Rogers), Paula Winslowe (Mother Scott), Herb Butterfield (Father Scott), Barney Phillips (The Captain)

5/26/57 [NY]: "I Have 3 Heads" conceived and created by Mortimer Goldberg (CBS Radio engineer); Charles S. Monroe (writer); Ira Ashley (director); Hank Silberne (arranger/conductor); Stuart Metz (announcer); Thanks to James Fassett, Irving Gitlan, George Meakis, and others for contributing portions of program material used.

Cast: Jackson Beck (Howard), Ian Martin (Gerald), Ralph Bell and Bill Quinn (The Maintenance Men)

Synopsis: A study of the art of tape editing is presented through a conversation between two talking tape players. Howard, a veteran tapeplayer, explains the ropes to new machine Gerald. Highlights include examples of how to re-edit conversations for clarity (removing stuttering and pauses), "Tea for Two" re-orchestrated for the tape player, and a re-mixed version of "I Could Have Danced All Night" from "My Fair Lady." A fine opportunity for Jackson Beck and Ian Martin to have fun in rather atypical roles.

Notes: The closing announcement features a plug for the proposed show for the next week, "a satiric fantasy written by and starring Stan Freberg, about the entertainment competition in a desert spa roughly paralleling Las Vegas." This program never aired on "The CBS Radio Workshop," but instead became the center-piece of the premiere episode of the short-lived "Stan Freberg Show." The resulting sketch was titled "Incident at Los Varoces."

06/02/57: "Epitaphs" based on Edgar Lee Masters' "Spoon River Anthology"; William Conrad (director); Wolfram Marko (music); William N. Robson (producer)

Cast: William Conrad (Narrator), Lillian Buyeff (Minerva Jones), Virginia Christine (Lois Spears), Virginia Gregg (Mrs. Charles Bliss, Nancy Knapp), Sammie Hill (Yee Bow), Vivi Janiss (Hannah Armstrong), Jeanette Nolan (Anne Rutledge), Lurene Tuttle (Lucinda Matlock), Parley Baer (Robert Fulton Tanner), Dick Crenna (Searcy Foote), John Dehner (Knowlt Hoheimer), Roy Glenn (Shack Dye), John McIntire (Willard Fluke), Howard McNear (Doctor Meyers), John Stephenson (Reverend Lemuel Wiley)

6/16/57: "Housing Problems" by Sam Pierce, adapted from the story by Henry Cuthner; William N. Robeson (producer/director); Leo Diamond (score); Ray Kemper, Gus Bayz (sound patterns)

Cast: Shirley Mitchell (Jackie), Shepard Menken (Eddie), Daws Butler (Mr. Henchard, Mike, Moriarety)

6/30/57: " Gettysburg" adapted by LeRoy Bannerman from the book by Earl Spenck Myers and Richard A. Brown; William N. Robson (producer/director); Leith Stevens (music); Gus Bayz & Ray Kemper (sound patterns);

Cast: John Dehner (Narrator), Ellen Morgan (Sally Robbins Broadhead), Barney Phillips (Cannoneer Augustus Buell), Joseph Kearns (General Longstreet), Byron Kane (Col. Perry, General Pickett), Ted DeCorsia (Brigadier General John B. Hood), Daws Butler (Theodore Derricks), Raymond Burr (Frank Artiess Haskell), Ed Jerome (Abraham Lincoln, General Lee), Howard McNear (General Abner Doubleday)

7/07/1957: "You Could Look it Up" by James Thurber; Dee Engelbach (writer, prod, dir); Richard Haines (music)

Cast: Ralph Bell, Sarah Fussell, Larry Haines, Harold Huber, Joe Julian, David Kerwin, Del Sharbutt

7/14/57: "The Silent Witness" by John Train; William N. Robeson (producer?)

Cast: Raymond Burr (District Attorney Henry Cherrington)

07/21/1957: "The Green Hills of Earth" by Robert Heinlein; Dee Engelbach (producer/director)

Cast: Everett Sloane (Rhysling), Berry Kroeger (Narrator), Jackson Beck, Danny Ocko, Ian Martin, Louis Volkman, Bill Lipton

7/28/57: "Never Bet The Devil Your Head" written by Edgar Allan Poe, adapted by Alan Botzer; Jack Johnstone (director); Amerigo Moreno (music); Hugh Douglas (announcer)

Cast: John Dehner (Edgar Allan Poe), Eleanor Audley (Mrs. Dammit), Leone LeDoux (Baby Toby), Daws Butler (Toby Dammit), Dick Beals (Young Toby), Howard McNear (The Devil)

08/04/1957: "The Heart of the Man" by Richard Durham; Dee Engelbach (producer/director); Sol Gubin (percussion); Ted Pearson (announcer)

Cast: Martin Blaine, Berry Kroeger, Luis Van Rooten, Ralph Camargo, Guy Repp, Bill Mason, Joanna March, Lester Fletcher, Danny Ocko, Inga Yoi

08/18/1957: "Celestial Omnibus" Ted Pearson (announcer)

Cast: Peter Lazer (Jamie), Deidre Owen (Mother), Mercer McLeod (Father), Bill Woodson (Achilles), Lee Vines, Terrell Teitel, Luis Van Rooten (Mr. Bonds), Gregory Morton

Cast: Roy Glenn (Denmark Gleasey), Ted DeCorsia (Narrator), Abby Shewford (Annie), Staats Cotsworth (Rolla Hart), Eddie Marr (Gullah Jack, Carnival Barker), Paul Frees (Captain Vesey, Messenger), Corny Anderson (Peter Poyas), Parley Baer (Colonel Potter), Harry Bartell (Jason)

09/09/1957: "People Are No Good" Amerigo Marino (music),

Cast: Joe DiSantis (Joe), John Dehner (Narrator), Shirley Mitchell, Jack Kruschen, Peter Leeds (Pete)

9/22/1957: "Young Man Axelbrod" by Sinclair Lewis, adapted by William N. Robson (producer/director); Amerigo Marino (chorus director)

Cast: John Hoyt (Narrator), Karl Swenson (Young Man Knute Axelbrod), John Dehner (Dean of Yale, Announcer), Dick Crenna (Wade Gribble), Jackie Kelk (Atcheson), Ben Wright (Washburn), Frank McDonnell (Professor)