THE CELESTIAL OMNIBUS
[SHORT-STORY]
Heavily anthologized story by E. M. Forster…
[Digitaldeli] “Legendary English author E.M. Forster originally published CBS Workshop's 81st
program, The Celestial Omnibus, in 1947. The story of a boy's ride on 'the stagecoach to Heaven'
Dee Englebach's evocative score beautifully frames the production. Written in a Peter Pan frame,
suspension of disbelief lies at the core of the story. E.M. Forster's seductive tale makes it far easier
to join young Jamie in his own charming odyssey of suspended disbelief.”
[CHRONOLOGY]
MYSTERY AND IMAGINATION (HOME SERVICE, LONDON—BBC)
[Thursday—9:30-10:00 PM]
November 8, 1945 “The Celestial Omnibus”
SCRIPT: Leonard Cottrell.
PERSONNEL: Wilfrid Grantham (producer).
THURSDAY PLAYHOUSE (CBW, MANITOBA—CBC)
[Thursday—7:00-7:30 PM]
June 25, 1953 “The Celestial Omnibus”
THE CBS RADIO WORKSHOP (WCBS, NEW YORK—CBS)
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August 18, 1957 “The Celestial Omnibus”
PERSONNEL: Dee Englebach (composer),
CAST: Peter Lazer, Mercer McLeod, Greg Morton, Diedre Owen, Carol Teitel,
Luis Van Rooten, Lee Vines, Bill Woodson.
EXTANT RECORDING