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World Security Workshop
''World Security Workshop'' was an anthology series on the American Broadcasting Company, ABC radio network, presented by United World Federalists, and its predecessor Americans United for World Government. Twenty-six half-hour episodes were broadcast between 14 November 1946 and 8 May 1947. ABC Radio Vice President Robert Saudek produced the series. The most notable writers for ''World Security Workshop'' were Ray Bradbury, whose script for the episode ''The Meadow (play), The Meadow'' was published in the book ''The Best One-Act Plays of 1947-1948'' and later adapted into a short story; Franklin Schaffner, a spokesperson and copywriter for Americans United for World Government, who would later direct the films ''Planet of the Apes (1968 film), Planet of the Apes'' and ''Patton (film), Patton''; and Broadway theatre, Broadway composer Irving Caesar, whose musical episode "Sing a Song of Friendship" promoted world unity and peace. External links Episode guide * http://www.philly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anthology Series
An anthology series is a radio, television, video game or film series that spans different genres and presents a different story and a different set of characters in each different episode, season, segment, or short. These usually have a different cast in each episode, but several series in the past, such as '' Four Star Playhouse'', employed a permanent troupe of character actors who would appear in a different drama each week. Some anthology series, such as '' Studio One'', began on radio and then expanded to television. Etymology The word comes from Ancient Greek ἀνθολογία (''anthología'', “flower-gathering”), from ἀνθολογέω (''anthologéō'', "I gather flowers"), from ἄνθος (''ánthos'', "flower") + λέγω (''légō'', "I gather, pick up, collect"), coined by Meleager of Gadara circa 60 BCE, originally as Στέφανος (στέφανος (''stéphanos'', "garland")) to describe a collection of poetry, later retitled anthology – se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |