NBC University Theater
An American Tragedy
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NBC University Theater presents radio adaptations of literary works, bringing novels and other writing to listeners in dramatic form. The program offers a way to encounter classic stories through spoken performance rather than the printed page.
Each broadcast centers on an adapted work, with actors using dialogue, narration, and sound to convey its characters and events. The title here is An American Tragedy, the novel by Theodore Dreiser, a story of ambition and consequence in American life.
The series combines the intimacy of radio drama with the scope of literature, inviting listeners to follow a substantial story through voice and sound. Its appeal lies in hearing a familiar literary form reshaped for performance, with the imagination filling in the scenes beyond the microphone.
This recording is part of the Old Time Radio collection.
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