THE DOLL
[SHORT-STORY]
One of the last stories that Algernon Blackwood ever wrote, more like a short novel in length. It
was originally published in 19?? by Arkham House under the title The Doll and One Other.
[CHRONOLOGY]
A BOOK AT BEDTIME (LIGHT PROGRAMME)
[Monday-Friday—11:05-11:20 PM
October 4, 1954 [1] “The Dark Messenger”
October 5, 1954 [2] “Flight and Return”
October 6, 1954 [3] “Voices in the Night”
October 7, 1954 [4] “The Inevitable”
October 8, 1954 [5] “Revenge”
PERSONNEL: Frederick Allen (reader), Alistair Dunnett (adapter).
RADIO VANCOUVER (VANCOUVER—CBC)
[Sunday—
October 5, 1958 “The Doll”
PERSONNEL: Neil Sutherland (producer).
VANCOUVER THEATRE (VANCOUVER—CBC)
[Monday—
August 22, 1960 “The Doll”
THEATRE TEN-THIRTY (TORONTO—CBC)
[Saturday—
April 11, 1970 “The Doll”
[OG-NOTE: This was probably a repeat airing of the dramatization originally offered
on the Vancouver stations.]
THE CBS RADIO MYSTERY THEATER (WRVR, NEW YORK)
[Wednesday—10:07-11:00 PM]
July 22, 1981 “Toy Death”
[“…As Captain Hugh Trevelyan records his memoirs with the help of his
secretary, Tony Parker, strange things are happening to his daughter
Isabella. First she can’t be parted from her collection of ‘dollies.’ Then she
believes she can talk to her long-dead mother. But when a turbaned
gentleman gives her a strange straw doll, her mysterious behavior takes a
lethal turn…”]
PERSONNEL: James Agate, Jr. (scriptwriter; adapted from “The Doll” by
Algernon Blackwood), Himan Brown (producer-director).
CAST: Court Benson (Captain Hugh Trevelyan), Patricia Elliott (Isabella
Trevelyan), Marian Seldes (Mrs. Fowler), Kristoffer Tabori (Tony Parker).