NBC University Theater
The Red Badge of Courage
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NBC University Theater presents radio adaptations of literary works, bringing novels and other writing to listeners in dramatic form. This installment adapts Stephen Crane’s The Red Badge of Courage, a Civil War novel centered on a young soldier confronting the fear and uncertainty of battle.
The program’s format turns the source material into a performance for radio, using voices, dialogue, and sound to convey the story. Listeners can experience Crane’s account of a soldier’s inner struggle and changing understanding of courage through the immediacy of a dramatized broadcast.
The result combines literary storytelling with the intimacy of radio drama, offering a focused way to encounter a classic American novel through performance.
This recording is part of the Old Time Radio collection.
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