This “one-man-show” of the famous A.M. Burrage short story about a reporter who spends the night alone in a wax museum is presented for a third time. It is the second of the surviving broadcasts. The debut performance of 1947 with Claude Rains is still missing. In 1956, William Conrad offered a superb performance, done live. It was quite an achievement. This performance, with Herbert Marshall was pre-recorded, and lives up to the abilities of his established and polished radio presence.
Details about the script and its history, and the 1956 performance can be found at
https://suspenseproject.blogspot.com/2025/02/1956-05-01-waxwork.html
https://archive.org/details/TSP560501 is where recordings can be downloaded and streamed.
No script cover with the dates and times of pre-recording is available at this time.
There are two recordings, and the Armed Forces Radio Service recording (AFRS#711) is the better of the two and is new to circulation. Its better sound quality allows for greater appreciation of Marshall’s performance. The network recording is complete but has narrow range. It is likely an aircheck. For many years, the only available copies were heavily edited network airchecks in poor sound.
LISTEN
TO THE PROGRAM or download in FLAC or
mp3
https://archive.org/details/TSP590301
THE CAST
HERBERT MARSHALL (All roles: Raymond Hewson / Narrator / Waxworks Manager / Dr. Burdette), George Walsh (Suspense Narrator)
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