FOUR TO THE QUEEN
[RADIO-SERIES]
An oddly-titled series featuring adaptations of classic stories by Earle Birney, the majority of
which involve supernatural elements.
ORIGINATION: C???, Vancouver, British Columbia (Trans-Canada Network).
DURATION: November 7-28, 1950.
PERSONNEL: Robert Allen (producer), Earle A. Birney (scriptwriter).
EXTANT RECORDINGS: None.
FOUR TO THE QUEEN (C???, VANCOUVER)
[Tuesday—
November 7, 1950 “The Murder in the Pawnshop”
SCRIPT: Earle A. Birney (adapted from “Markheim” by Robert Louis Stevenson).
November 14, 1950 “A Party at the Undertaker’s”
SCRIPT: Earle A. Birney (adapted from “The Coffin-Maker” by Alexander
Pushkin).
November 21, 1950 “The Case of Doctor Trifon”
SCRIPT: Earle A. Birney (adapted from “The District Doctor” by Ivan Turgenev).
November 28, 1950 “The Queen of Spades”
SCRIPT: Earle A. Birney (adapted from the story by Alexander Pushkin).