NBC UNIVERSITY THEATER

This collection of "NBC University Theater" radio programs features 108 shows on 1 DVD. Each episode is presented in the .mp3 format. There are over 50 hours of entertaining "NBC University Theater" episodes.

The DVD is labeled and provided in a highly protective jewel case. A list of the programs on the disc as well as the date the program originally aired (if known) is also provided.


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A note concerning sound quality. The sound quality for the shows in this collection is very good to good. It is difficult to find perfect recordings from the golden age of radio due to the equipment used for recording and the fact that many of the recordings were made 60, 70 or even 80 years ago.

HERE'S SOME BACKGROUND INFORMATION FOR "NBC UNIVERSITY THEATER":

In 1944, NBC brought the "World's Great Novels" to radio, offering high quality adaptations of some of the great works of literature. Some colleges offered college credit in conjunction with the radio broadcasts. In 1948, the series was re-titled "NBC University Theater" and production was moved to Hollywood. The first broadcast of the new series aired July 30, 1948. These adaptations were again of high quality and again colleges offered credit in conjunction with the broadcasts.

In 1948, the Peabody was awarded to the NBC University Theater for "an hour's dramatization of some of our finest novels and short stories... launched as an experiment in July, 1948." The following is a quote taken from the Peabody Award web site:

"The response to the first five performances, which included "A Farewell To Arms," by Ernest Hemingway, "Noon Wine," by Katherine Anne Porter, and "Main Street," by Sinclair Lewis, was so vociferous that the network pocketed any misgivings it may have had, moved the show to a more desirable hour, and found the actors and the funds to sustain a series of absorbing and skillfully adapted programs."

Unfortunately, the "University" in the title kept listeners away for fear of the shows being to "high brow". NBC attempted to change this view by removing the "University" from the title for a short time. For the time that it was on the air, there were frequent day of the week, time of day and even program length changes. Despite the lack of broadcast consistency, the shows were consistent in its level of quality. Long after the demise of regularly scheduled dramatic radio in the United States, these shows were still being heard in school classrooms across the nation.

Episode Listing for the "NBC University Theater" programs included in this collection:

NBC University Theater - 480806 - Farewell to Arms
NBC University Theater - 480813 - Number One
NBC University Theater - 480820 - Noon Wine
NBC University Theater - 480827 - Romantic Comedians
NBC University Theater - 480903 - Candide
NBC University Theater - 480910 - Peter Ibbertson
NBC University Theater - 480917 - The Purloined Letter
NBC University Theater - 480924 - Gulliver's Travel's
NBC University Theater - 481003 - Lord Jim
NBC University Theater - 481010 - An American Tragedy
NBC University Theater - 481017 - History of Mr. Polly
NBC University Theater - 481024 - They Stooped to Folly
NBC University Theater - 481031 - Justice
NBC University Theater - 481107 - Arrowsmith
NBC University Theater - 481114 - Of Human Bondage
NBC University Theater - 481121 - Short, Happy Life of Francis Macomber
NBC University Theater - 481128 - A Passage to India
NBC University Theater - 481205 - Three Soldiers
NBC University Theater - 481212 - After Many a Summer Dies the Swan
NBC University Theater - 481226 - Alice in Wonderland
NBC University Theater - 490102 - Main Street
NBC University Theater - 490109 - Grapes of Wrath The
NBC University Theater - 490116 - All the King's Men
NBC University Theater - 490206 - Gulliver's Travels
NBC University Theater - 490213 - Tom Jones
NBC University Theater - 490220 - Pride and Prejudice
NBC University Theater - 490227 - Heart of Mid-Lotheian
NBC University Theater - 490306 - Tales of Edgar Allen Poe
NBC University Theater - 490313 - The Pickwick Papers
NBC University Theater - 490320 - The Marble Fawn
NBC University Theater - 490327 - The History of Henry Esmond
NBC University Theater - 490403 - Jane Eyre
NBC University Theater - 490410 - Moby Dick
NBC University Theater - 490417 - The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
NBC University Theater - 490424 - The Way of All Flesh
NBC University Theater - 490501 - The Mayor of Casterbridge
NBC University Theater - 490508 - The Red Badge of Courage
NBC University Theater - 490515 - Heart of Darkness
NBC University Theater - 490522 - The Age of Consent
NBC University Theater - 490529 - The Ambassadors
NBC University Theater - 490605 - Short, Happy Life of Francis McComber
NBC University Theater - 490612 - A Passage to India
NBC University Theater - 490702 - The Ides of March
NBC University Theater - 490709 - Goodby, Mr. Chips
NBC University Theater - 490716 - Point of No Return
NBC University Theater - 490723 - How Green Was My Valley
NBC University Theater - 490730 - This Side of Paradise
NBC University Theater - 490806 - The Death of a Heart
NBC University Theater - 490820 - The Crusaders
NBC University Theater - 490827 - 1984
NBC University Theater - 490903 - Precious Bane
NBC University Theater - 490925 - Penrod
NBC University Theater - 491002 - Portrait of a Lady
NBC University Theater - 491009 - The House of Mirth
NBC University Theater - 491016 - Sister Carrie
NBC University Theater - 491030 - Dark Laughter
NBC University Theater - 491106 - Dodsworth
NBC University Theater - 491113 - Babalon Revisited
NBC University Theater - 491120 - For Whom the Bells Toll
NBC University Theater - 491127 - Point of No Return
NBC University Theater - 491204 - The Wild Palms
NBC University Theater - 491218 - You Can't Go Home Again
NBC University Theater - 500101 - Great Expectations
NBC University Theater - 500108 - Manhattan Transfer
NBC University Theater - 500115 - The Ides of March
NBC University Theater - 500122 - At Heaven's Gate
NBC University Theater - 500129 - And
NBC University Theater - 500205 - Track of the Cat
NBC University Theater - 500212 - The Light That Failed
NBC University Theater - 500219 - Victory
NBC University Theater - 500226 - The Patrician
NBC University Theater - 500305 - Tonobungay
NBC University Theater - 500312 - There Is No Convention
NBC University Theater - 500319 - Angel Pavement
NBC University Theater - 500326 - Howard's End
NBC University Theater - 500402 - Mrs. Dalloway
NBC University Theater - 500409 - The Nazarine
NBC University Theater - 500416 - After Many a Summer Dies the Swan
NBC University Theater - 500423 - Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
NBC University Theater - 500430 - Sons and Lovers
NBC University Theater - 500507 - England Made Me
NBC University Theater - 500514 - Protter Violet
NBC University Theater - 500521 - The House in Paris
NBC University Theater - 500528 - Imperial Palace
NBC University Theater - 500604 - Gallion's Reach
NBC University Theater - 500611 - Monsieur Vincent
NBC University Theater - 500618 - The Wild Palms
NBC University Theater - 500625 - The Doctor in Spite of Himself
NBC University Theater - 500702 - The Chips Are Down
NBC University Theater - 500709 - The Time of Man
NBC University Theater - 500716 - The Treasure of Franchard
NBC University Theater - 500723 - The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn
NBC University Theater - 500730 - Trent's Last Case
NBC University Theater - 500806 - Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
NBC University Theater - 500820 - A High Wind in Jamaica
NBC University Theater - 500827 - Hedda Gabbler
NBC University Theater - 500903 - The Crime of Sylvester Bonard
NBC University Theater - 500910 - Lost Horizon
NBC University Theater - 500917 - Portrait in the Mirror
NBC University Theater - 500924 - Don Quixote
NBC University Theater - 501001 - Jonathan Wilde
NBC University Theater - 501008 - Candide
NBC University Theater - 501022 - Pere Goric
NBC University Theater - 501102 - The Red and Black
NBC University Theater - 501227 - The Gambler
NBC University Theater - 510000 - The Kreutzer Sonata
NBC University Theater - 510117 - Daisy Miller

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