AN EXPERIMENT IN ACOUSTICS
[RADIO-SCRIPT]
[Wireless Weekly] “Professor Strange discovered that there are secrets no man
might know—and what occurred forms the basis of one of the strangest and most
interesting radio dramas ever presented.”
[CRB] “A mad scientist invents an acoustical machine recording sounds from
the past and in doing so frames his assistant for adultery with his wife.”
ORIGINATION: 2BL, Sydney, New South Wales; CBK, Winnipeg, Manitoba
(CBC Eastern Network).
DURATION: July 19, 1939; November 29, 1939; September 13, 1945.
PERSONNEL: Max Afford (scriptwriter), Esse W. Ljungh (producer—1945,
Winnipeg Drama), Charles Wheeler (producer—1939, 2BL).
CAST: ? (Professor Julian Strange, a Professor of Advanced Physics), ? (Albert
Parkinson, His Assistant), ? (Berenice Strange, His Wife), ? (Dolly Edwards, Mrs.
Strange’s Maid), ? (Roger Easterwood, Friend of Professor Strange).
EXTANT RECORDINGS: None.
(2BL, SYDNEY)
[Wednesday—8:00-8:30 PM]
July 19, 1939 “An Experiment in
Accoustics”
EVERYMAN THEATRE (CBK, WINNIPEG)
[Wednesday—11:00-11:30 PM]
Nov. 29, 1939 “An Experiment in
Acoustics”
WINNIPEG DRAMA (CBK, WINNIPEG)
[Thursday—7:00-7:30 PM]
Sep. 13, 1945 “An Experiment in
Acoustics”
Afford, Max
E-2-1. An Experiment In Acoustics
Winnipeg Drama, 13 Sept. 1945
Producer: Esse W. Ljungh, Winnipeg, Eastern
Network, 30 min., 22 pp., M006937
Mf c184.
Concordia: microfilm
Drama: A mad scientist invents an acoustical
machine recording sounds from the past and in doing
so frames his assistant for adultery with his wife.