THE CONJURER
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The Amrad Players, broadcasting from WGI, was an early radio drama group following in the
success of the WGY Players in Schenectady. Mansfield Scott’s play was first produced in 1919.
During the 1920s several of Scott’s weird-mystery novels were published, including The Phantom
Passenger, The Black Circle, and The Spider’s Web. His 1919 novel Behind Red Curtains, about a
hypnotist who commands a man to commit murder, was filmed the following year as One Hour
Before Dawn with H. B. Warner.
Ten days later on June 9 the Amrad Players broadcast another Scott play, The Submarine Shell.
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ORIGINATION: WGI, Medford Hillside, Massachusetts.
DURATION: May 30, 1923.
PERSONNEL: “…the Amrad Players…”
EXTANT RECORDINGS: None.
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THE AMRAD PLAYERS (WGI, Medford Hillside)
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May 30, 1923 “The Conjurer”