Radio broadcast: Burlap Bags
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Description
A radio play, including music and sound effects, acted by people regarding a death by suicide; the deceased was disillusioned by social ills such as debts, popularity, job loss, and war. The recording has a slight whine throughout.
"Burlap Bags was first broadcast by the CBC on February 3, 1946 as Item 17 in its Stage 46 series. It was produced by Andrew Allan with an original musical score composed by Lucio Agostini. John Drainie played the title role of Tannahill. Since then it has been rebroadcast on radio numerous times and has been adapted for both the stage and television by its author. When it was rebroadcast on March 20, 1949 as part of the Stage 49 series, Andrew Allan introduced Burlap Bags by commenting that it “… probably aroused more arguments than any other play we have done on the Stages. A lot of people went around saying it was the best thing they had ever heard – and a lot of others were quite willing to shoot them for thinking so and us for doing it. Personally, I thought at the time it was an outstanding piece of original radio writing.” Andrew Allan’s thoughts still apply. Almost forty years after it was written, Burlap Bags remains a relevant example of radio drama at its challenging best." credit: Canadian Theatre Review
"Burlap Bags was first broadcast by the CBC on February 3, 1946 as Item 17 in its Stage 46 series. It was produced by Andrew Allan with an original musical score composed by Lucio Agostini. John Drainie played the title role of Tannahill. Since then it has been rebroadcast on radio numerous times and has been adapted for both the stage and television by its author. When it was rebroadcast on March 20, 1949 as part of the Stage 49 series, Andrew Allan introduced Burlap Bags by commenting that it “… probably aroused more arguments than any other play we have done on the Stages. A lot of people went around saying it was the best thing they had ever heard – and a lot of others were quite willing to shoot them for thinking so and us for doing it. Personally, I thought at the time it was an outstanding piece of original radio writing.” Andrew Allan’s thoughts still apply. Almost forty years after it was written, Burlap Bags remains a relevant example of radio drama at its challenging best." credit: Canadian Theatre Review