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RADIO ACTION THEATERAuthor: Robert Clem
Radio Action Theater, based in New York City and produced by Alabama writer and director Robert Clem, was broadcast on public radio in the U.S. and abroad from 1993 to 1998. The episodes feature performances by Eli Wallach, Ossie Davis, Betty Buckley, Stacy Keach, Jeffery Wright, David Strathairn, Hope Davis, John Glover, Lois Smith, Campbell Scott, Will Patton and Michael O'Keefe, and are based on Southern literature and Southern and U.S. history, with adapted stories by William Faulkner, Charles Chesnutt and William Gilmore Simms; and history plays based on the Hamilton-Burr duel, Woodrow Wilson's curious rise to power and the deadly expedition of Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto through what is now the American South. Each episode was directed by Robert Clem with original music composed and performed by Donald Stark. Language: en-us Genres: Drama, Fiction, History Contact email: Get it Feed URL: Get it iTunes ID: Get it |
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BALD HEAD BILL BAULDY
Episode 2
Wednesday, 29 April, 2020
The complete title of this wildly comic story based on Tall Tales from the Hunters' Camp by South Carolina humorist William Gilmore Simms is "Bald Head Bill Bauldy and How He Went Through the Flurriday Campaign." At the nightly "Lying Camp' in a remote corner of the Smoky Mountains, camp cook and bottle washer Bill Bauldy is persuaded to retell his well-known account of how he was inveigled into the U.S. Army when they were chasing the Florida Seminoles. His uselessness as a soldier leads to his assignment as regimental cook. During his time off he samples the regiment's liquor and "long nine cigars" imported from Cuba. Lying low while his regiment fights a battle, Bauldy is captured first by the Seminoles, then by an alligator who takes him to an underwater island ruled over by a carnivorous mermaid queen with an army of alligators marching in formation. Sentenced to death by his commander for desertion, he is pardoned after he explains what happened and the unit is glad to enjoy decently cooked food once again. Adapted and directed by Robert Clem with a music score performed by Donald Stark,, Produced by Anne Blythe Meriwether. Funding from the Southern Humanities Media Fund. Mixed by Bill Sexton at South Carolina Education Broadcasting. With George Altman as Bald Head Bill and Ron Hale as the Colonel determined to make his life miserable.Support the show
