Theatre Guild on the Air
Broadcast · 1945 · Fortnightly
ABC
ABC · 1945–1953
Broadcasts
250
Cadence
Fortnightly
Rated
PG
Since
1945
The run
- Network
- ABC
- Years active
- 1945–1953
- Surviving broadcasts
- 250
- Genre
- drama
Theatre Guild on the Air ran from 1945 to 1953, presenting hour-long adaptations of Broadway plays and literary works under the Theatre Guild's banner for United States Steel, with casts including Helen Hayes, Rex Harrison and Gregory Peck. These recordings stream from the Internet Archive.
Source collection
Internet Archive audio collections
Rights
Public domain — no renewed US copyright
Cataloguing
Air dates and notes from the Archive item record
The shape of the run
What survives, year by year
13 dated broadcasts across 9 years on the air, with 2 years where nothing is known to survive. Brightness is transfer quality; empty cells are months lost to time.
Episodes
Start here
Listen to the run in order
Restored broadcasts from 1945, in original transmission order.
- 1. Elizabeth the Queen · 2 Dec 1945
- 2. The Royal Family · 16 Dec 1945
- 3. Little Women · 23 Dec 1945
- 01
Elizabeth the Queen
2 Dec 1945 · 59 min
- 02
The Royal Family
16 Dec 1945 · 59 min
- 03
Little Women
23 Dec 1945 · 59 min
- 04
Knickerbocker Holiday
30 Dec 1945 · 59 min
- 05
The Green Pastures
21 Apr 1946 · 59 min
- 06
Mary Mary Quite Contrary
5 May 1946 · 59 min
- 07
Payment Deferred
12 May 1946 · 59 min
- 08
They Knew What They Wanted
19 May 1946 · 59 min
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ABC in 1945–1953
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