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 titleThe 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, 1958The Doll

PERSONNEL:

Neil Sutherland (producer).

VANCOUVER THEATRE (VANCOUVER—CBC)
[Monday—

August 22, 1960The Doll

THEATRE TEN-THIRTY (TORONTO—CBC)
[Saturday—

April 11, 1970The 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, 1981Toy 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).