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"Tired of the everyday grind? Ever dream of a life of romantic adventure? Want to get away from it all? We offer you ... Escape! Escape, designed to free you from the four walls of today for a half-hour of high adventure! Escape was radio's leading anthology series of mystery and high-adventure, airing on CBS from July 7, 1947 until September 25, 1954. The series's well-remembered opening combined Mussorgsky's Night on Bald Mountain with an introduction intoned by Paul Frees and/or William Conrad. Many story premises, both originals and adaptations, involved a protagonist in dire life-or-death straits. Actors on the series included Eleanor Audley, Parley Baer, Harry Bartell, William Conrad, Ted deCorsia, John Dehner, Sam Edwards, Virginia Gregg, Lou Merrill, Howard McNear, Jeanette Nolan, Alan Reed, Bill Johnstone, Marvin Miller, Frank Lovejoy, Berry Kroeger, Vic Perrin, Elliott Lewis, Jack Webb, Peggy Webber, and Will Wright. Music was supplied by Del Castillo, organist Ivan Ditmars, Cy Feuer, Wilbur Hatch, and Leith Stevens. 1/7/51 - ""Conquest""2/11/51 - ""The Killer Mine""2/18/51 - ""The Follower""7/18/51 - ""Macao""8/1/51 - ""The Gladiator""1/25/53 - ""Diary of a Madman""2/8/53 - ""Jetsam""3/1/53 - ""The Tramp""3/15/53 - ""The Man with the Steel Teeth""4/12/53 - ""Classified Secret""4/26/53 - ""The Derelict""6/7/53 - ""The Voyage of Sinbad""7/12/53 - ""The Out-Station""7/19/53 - ""The Open Boat""7/26/53 - ""The Notebook""8/2/53 - ""The Red Forest"""
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Author: Black Eye Entertainment ,
A Full Cast
Publisher: Black Eye Entertainment
Imprint: Black Eye Entertainment
Edition: 4th Adapted ed.
ISBN: 9781094061962
ISBN 10: 1094061964
Publication Date: 05 November 2019
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Format: Audio
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Available To Order
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Author Information
Dylan Thomas was born in Swansea, Wales on 27 October 1914. In 1934 his first book of poetry, Eighteen Poems appeared, followed by Twenty-five Poems in 1936, Deaths and Entrances in 1946 and in 1952 his final volume, Collected Poems. He also published many short stories, wrote filmscripts, broadcast stories and talks, did a series of lecture tours in the United States and wrote Under Milkwood, the radio play.During his fourth lecture tour of the United States in 1953, a few days after his 39th birthday, he collapsed in his New York hotel and died on November 9th at St. Vincent's Hospital. His body was sent back to Laugharne, Wales, where his grave is marked by a simple wooden cross.In June 1994, his wife, Caitlin Thomas, died in Italy, where she had spent most of the years of her life after the death of Dylan Thomas. Her body is buried next to his.
