Welcome back to Boris Karloff month! For this (lucky) thirteenth entry I'm turning to the Theater Guild on the Air! The Theater Guild were a New York-based theatrical society who brought a number of popular plays to the radio. This episode from November 11, 1945 adapts two plays by Eugene O'Neill: "The Emperor Jones" and "Where the Cross Is Made", both plays featuring Boris Karloff. "The Emperor Jones" was a particularly notable play in its heyday as it featured a prominent role for a black lead and became a pretty provocative film starring Paul Robeson in 1933. Karloff's roles in both plays are pretty minor; perhaps he was just a fan of O'Neill? You can hear it at archive.org by clicking here!
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