Blind Vengeance (Aired March 21, 1949)
Radio City Playhouse is dramatic radio at its best. First appearing on September 25, 1948, this series was conceived as a showcase for what NBC termed "good drama" regardless of the reknown of the playwright or of the play. The program was "sustained", which is to say that the production costs were borne by the network rather than a sponsor. Absent the need to cater to a particular sponsor, director, Harry W. Junkin and producer Richard McDonagh had the lattitude to produce works which were more literary in nature than the formula genre plays which were the mainstay of network radio. They took full advantage of this freedom to present plays ranging from the quirky comedy, "Fanny", to the taut drama "Long Distance", the series' premiere episode. Jan Miner's gripping performance in that play created a sensation reminiscent of Agnes Morehead's triumph in the Suspense production of "Sorry, Wrong Number" some five years earlier.
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