''The Meadow'' is a

radio drama Radio drama (or audio drama, audio play, radio play, radio theatre, or audio theatre) is a dramatized, purely acoustic performance. With no visual component, radio drama depends on dialogue, music and sound effects to help the listener imagine ...

Ray Bradbury Ray Douglas Bradbury (; August 22, 1920June 5, 2012) was an American author and screenwriter. One of the most celebrated 20th-century American writers, he worked in a variety of modes, including fantasy, science fiction, horror, mystery fictio ...

, written for a 1947 episode of the radio series '' World Security Workshop''. It was included in the anthology ''Best One-Act Plays of 1947-1948''. Bradbury later revised it into a short story (1953) and a stage play (1960).

Plot

The elderly security guard named Mr. Smith works at a movie studio. He fights to stop the producer, Mr. Douglass, from destroying the set. After Smith and Douglass have a conversation, Douglass is convinced to keep the set which are models of the cities of the world.

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* Short stories by Ray Bradbury Plays by Ray Bradbury 1953 short stories 1960 plays {{1960s-play-stub