Radio Tales

History

Programs in the series

• "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea": An adaptation of Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne, first broadcast on April 24, 2001 via National Public Radio.
• "A Matter of Prejudice": An adaptation of "A Matter of Prejudice" by Kate Chopin, first broadcast on September 25, 2001 via National Public Radio.
• "Apocalypse": An adaptation of "Finis" by Frank L. Pollack, first broadcast on October 30, 2001 on National Public Radio.
• "Arabian Nights Trilogy: Aladdin and his Magical Lamp": An adaptation of the tale of Aladdin from One Thousand and One Nights, first broadcast on August 21, 2001 via National Public Radio.
• "Arabian Nights Trilogy: Sindbad the Sailor": An adaptation of the tale of Sindbad from One Thousand and One Nights, first broadcast on September 22, 2003 via XM Satellite Radio.
• "Arabian Nights Trilogy: Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves": An adaptation of the tale of Ali Baba from One Thousand and One Nights, first broadcast on September 15, 2003 via XM Satellite Radio.
• "Asteroid": An adaptation of "The Star" by H. G. Wells, first broadcast on August 14, 2001 via National Public Radio.
• "Beowulf": An adaptation of Beowulf, first broadcast on May 15, 2001 via National Public Radio.
• "The Birthmark": An adaptation of "The Birthmark" by Nathaniel Hawthorne, first broadcast on Dec. 15, 1998 via National Public Radio.
• "The Boarded Window": An adaptation of "The Boarded Window" by Ambrose Bierce, first broadcast on April 3, 2001 via National Public Radio.
• "The Canterville Ghost": An adaptation of "The Canterville Ghost" by Oscar Wilde, first broadcast on July 3, 2001 via National Public Radio.
• "Celtic Hero": An adaptation of Tochmarc Emire from the Ulster Cycle, first broadcast on February 29, 2000 via National Public Radio.
• "Charles Dickens' Ghost Story": An adaptation of "The Trial for Murder" by Charles Dickens, first broadcast on December 6, 2003 via XM Satellite Radio.
• "Chicago 2065": An adaptation of "With the Night Mail" and "As Easy as A.B.C." by Rudyard Kipling, first broadcast on October 23, 2001 via National Public Radio.
• "Chopin's Locket": An adaptation of "The Locket" by Kate Chopin, first broadcast on August 29, 2000 via National Public Radio.
• "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde": An adaptation of Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson, first broadcast on January 18, 2000 via National Public Radio.
• "Dracula's Guest": An adaptation of "Dracula's Guest" by Bram Stoker, first broadcast on October 19, 1999 via National Public Radio.
• "Edgar Allan Poe's Predicament": An adaptation of "A Predicament" by Edgar Allan Poe, first broadcast on November 16, 1999 via National Public Radio.
• "Edgar Allan Poe's Valdemar": An adaptation of "The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar" by Edgar Allan Poe, first broadcast on March 14, 2000 via National Public Radio.
• "Edith Wharton's Journey": An adaptation of "A Journey" by Edith Wharton, first broadcast on December 24, 1996 via National Public Radio.
• "The Fall of the House of Usher": An adaptation of "The Fall of the House of Usher" by Edgar Allan Poe, first broadcast on November 10, 1998 via National Public Radio.
• "Feet of Clay": An adaptation of "Feet of Clay" by Kate McPhelim Cleary, first broadcast on December 11, 2001 via National Public Radio.
• "Fifth Dimension": An adaptation of "The Plattner Story" by H. G. Wells, first broadcast on September 5, 2000 via National Public Radio.
• "Fortress of Doom": An adaptation of "The Fortress Unvanquishable, Save for Sacnoth" by Lord Dunsany, first broadcast on January 10, 2005 via XM Satellite Radio.
• "Frankenstein": An adaptation of Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, first broadcast on November 2, 1999 via National Public Radio.
• "The Furnished Room": An adaptation of "The Furnished Room" by O. Henry, first broadcast on February 1, 2000 via National Public Radio.
• "The German Student": An adaptation of "The Adventure of the German Student" by Washington Irving, first broadcast on October 6, 1998 via National Public Radio.
• "The Ghost of Wuthering Heights": An adaptation of Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë, first broadcast on February 8, 2000 via National Public Radio.
• "The Gift of the Magi": An adaptation of "The Gift of the Magi" by O. Henry, first broadcast on December 24, 1996 via National Public Radio.
• "Gulliver's Travels": An adaptation of Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift, first broadcast on December 7, 1999 via National Public Radio.
• "Homer's Odyssey Trilogy: Tale of the Cyclops": An adaptation of Book Nine of the Odyssey by Homer, first broadcast on January 4, 2000 via National Public Radio.
• "Homer's Odyssey Trilogy: Voyage to the Underworld": An adaptation of Book Ten and Book Eleven of the Odyssey by Homer, first broadcast on April 19, 2003 via XM Satellite Radio.
• "Homer's Odyssey Trilogy: The Voyage Home": An adaptation of Book Twelve of the Odyssey by Homer, first broadcast on April 26, 2003 via XM Satellite Radio.
• "Hop-Frog": An adaptation of "Hop-Frog" by Edgar Allan Poe, first broadcast on October 27, 1998 via National Public Radio.
• "The Hunchback of Notre-Dame": An adaptation of The Hunchback of Notre Dame by Victor Hugo, first broadcast on November 20, 2001 via National Public Radio.
• "Ice Maiden": An adaptation of "" by Lydia Maria Child, first broadcast on September 5, 2000 via National Public Radio.
• "The Invisible Man": An adaptation of The Invisible Man by H. G. Wells, first broadcast on April 10, 2001 via National Public Radio.
• "The Island of Dr. Moreau": An adaptation of The Island of Dr. Moreau by H. G. Wells, first broadcast on March 21, 2000 via National Public Radio.
• "Jason and the Argonauts": An adaptation of the Argonautica by Apollonius Rhodius, first broadcast on September 4, 2001 via National Public Radio.
• "Journey to the Center of the Earth": An adaptation of Journey to the Center of the Earth by Jules Verne, first broadcast on August 15, 2000 via National Public Radio.
• "Laughin' in Meetin'": An adaptation of "Laughin' in Meetin'" by Harriet Beecher Stowe, first broadcast on September 26, 2000 via National Public Radio.
• "The Lone Indian": An adaptation of "The Lone Indian" by Lydia Maria Child, first broadcast on July 17, 2001 via National Public Radio.
• "Lord of the Celts": A Celtic musical adaptation of the story of Fionn and Sadb from the Fenian Cycle, first broadcast on December 1, 1998 via National Public Radio.
• "The Lost World": An adaptation of The Lost World by Arthur Conan Doyle, first broadcast on September 12, 2000 via National Public Radio.
• "Masque of the Red Death": An adaptation of "The Masque of the Red Death" by Edgar Allan Poe, first broadcast on October 29, 1996.
• "Moon Voyager": An adaptation of The First Men in the Moon by H. G. Wells, first broadcast on November 6, 2001 via National Public Radio.
• "Mrs. Manstey's View": An adaptation of "Mrs. Manstey's View" by Edith Wharton, first broadcast on December 18, 2001 via National Public Radio.
• "The Mummy": An adaptation of The Jewel of Seven Stars by Bram Stoker, first broadcast on October 5, 1999 via National Public Radio.
• "A New England Nun": An adaptation of "A New England Nun" by Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman, first broadcast on December 4, 2001 via National Public Radio.
• "O. Henry's Last Leaf": An adaptation of "The Last Leaf" by O. Henry, first broadcast on December 31, 1996 via National Public Radio.
• "O. Henry's Thanksgiving": An adaptation of "Two Thanksgiving Day Gentlemen" by O. Henry, first broadcast on September 18, 2001 via National Public Radio.
• "Otherworld": An adaptation of "The Remarkable Case of Davidson’s Eyes" by H. G. Wells, first broadcast on October 9, 2001 via National Public Radio.
• "Owl Creek Bridge": An adaptation of "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" by Ambrose Bierce, first broadcast on May 29, 2001 via National Public Radio.
• "The Phantom of the Opera": An adaptation of The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux, first broadcast on June 5, 2001 via National Public Radio.
• "The Pit and the Pendulum": An adaptation of "The Pit and the Pendulum" by Edgar Allan Poe, first broadcast on July 4, 2000 via National Public Radio.
• "Revolt of Mother": An adaptation of "The Revolt of 'Mother'" by Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman, first broadcast on August 8, 2000 via National Public Radio.
• "Silence, a Fable": An adaptation of "Silence—A Fable" by Edgar Allan Poe, first broadcast on November 24, 1998 via National Public Radio.
• "Sleepy Hollow": An adaptation of "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" by Washington Irving, first broadcast on October 13, 1998 via National Public Radio.
• "Stephen Crane's Dark Brown Dog": An adaptation of "A Dark Brown Dog" by Stephen Crane, first broadcast on January 18, 2000 via National Public Radio.
• "The Tell-Tale Heart": An adaptation of "The Tell-Tale Heart" by Edgar Allan Poe, first broadcast on September 29, 1998 via National Public Radio.
• "The Time Machine": An adaptation of The Time Machine by H. G. Wells, first broadcast on December 21, 1999 via National Public Radio.
• "Time Warp": An adaptation of "The New Accelerator" by H. G. Wells, first broadcast on August 7, 2001 via National Public Radio.
• "Voltaire's Planet Trek": An adaptation of "Micromégas" by Voltaire, first broadcast on January 3, 2004 via XM Satellite Radio.
• "War of the Worlds": An adaptation of The War of the Worlds by H. G. Wells, first broadcast on June 19, 2001 via National Public Radio.
• "Watchers": An adaptation of "The Crystal Egg" by H. G. Wells, first broadcast on October 2, 2001 via National Public Radio.
• "The Yellow Wallpaper"": An adaptation of "The Yellow Wallpaper" by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, first broadcast on December 10, 1996 via National Public Radio.

  Critical reception

Awards

• American Women in Radio and Television GRACIE AWARD 2004
• The New York Festivals WORLDMEDAL 2004
• American Women in Radio and Television GRACIE AWARD 2003
• American Women in Radio and Television GRACIE AWARD 2001
• American Women in Radio and Television GRACIE AWARD 1998, Outstanding Achievement by an Actress
• The International Radio Festivals WORLD'S BEST WORK AWARD, Best Sound Series 2001
• The Audio Publishers Association AUDIE AWARD HONORS
• The NFCB GOLDEN REEL AWARD HONORS

  Audiocassette releases

• The American Classic Collection
• The Birthmark
• The Fall of the House of Usher
• The Gift of the Magi
• Hop-Frog
• The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
• The Masque of the Red Death
• The Tell-Tale Heart
• The Yellow Wallpaper