The Spider's Web; Treasure Island

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Series
The Spider's Web
Episode
Treasure Island
Producing Organization
WGBH (Radio station : Boston, Mass.)
National Public Radio (U.S.)
WGBH Educational Foundation
Contributing Organization
WGBH (Boston, Massachusetts)
AAPB ID
cpb-aacip-15-64gmv3bq
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Description
Series Description
"The Spider's Web is a series of daily half-hour programs designed to appeal to both children and their parents. The program features books and stories selected from classic and contemporary children's literature and read by professional actors. Music and sound effects help bring the stories to life. The program seeks to stimulate an interest in reading, help to develop listening and language skills and encourage the use of imagination. In this stereo production of Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson, a verbatim, multiple-voice reading of the novel was combined with authentic sound effects and original music compositions and improvisations (based on research of 18th century English sea shanties and folk songs). The series of 20 half-hour programs was produced for broadcast in March 1978 and represents our first effort in the extensive use of original music for dramatic literary presentation. Experimentation with electronic synthesizers to create subliminal dramatic effects were also conducted. "We are submitting Episode 12 as a representation of this series which attracted an overwhelming response from our audience. In this episode, the narrator, Jim Hawkins (ready by Murray Biggs), recalls the retreat of the pirates after their attack on the stockade on Treasure Island. Only four men and young Jim are left alive in the stockade. On of them, Dr. Livesey, sets out to find Ben Gunn, the maroon, and Jim sneaks off to cut the schooner Hispaniola loose from its mooring. The epilogue at the end of each program gives additional information on the author, his work and the literary period."--1978 Peabody Awards entry form. This is the full-length, 20-part adaptation of Treasure Island.
Broadcast Date
1978
Asset type
Episode
Media type
Sound
Duration
00:28:56.232
Credits
Director: Morency, George
Narrator: Biggs, Murray
Narrator: Johnson, Peter
Narrator: Lurtsema, Robert J.
Narrator: Cavness, Bill
Narrator: Drabek, Ursula
Producer: Morency, George
Producing Organization: WGBH (Radio station : Boston, Mass.)
Producing Organization: National Public Radio (U.S.)
Producing Organization: WGBH Educational Foundation
Production Unit: Radio
AAPB Contributor Holdings
WGBH
Identifier: cpb-aacip-c4ce46e3b1c (Filename)
Format: 1/4 inch audio tape
Generation: Master
Duration: 00:29:00
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Citations
Chicago: “The Spider's Web; Treasure Island,” 1978, WGBH, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC, accessed May 13, 2025, http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-15-64gmv3bq.
MLA: “The Spider's Web; Treasure Island.” 1978. WGBH, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Web. May 13, 2025. <http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-15-64gmv3bq>.
APA: The Spider's Web; Treasure Island. Boston, MA: WGBH, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Retrieved from http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-15-64gmv3bq