Cartwheel
Considered one of radio's finest experimental dramas, this short play compresses 50 years into 15 minutes across 23 scenes with 9 actors playing 34 roles. The episode also includes a technical demonstration comparing a carbon microphone from 20 years prior to a modern velocity microphone.
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Columbia Workshop was a radio series that aired on the Columbia Broadcasting System from 1936 to 1943, returning in 1946–47.
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“Cartwheel.” Columbia Workshop. Radio broadcast, August 1, 1936.
