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{{Short description|Radio play written by Reuben Ship}} |
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| ⚫ | '''''The Investigator''''' (1954) was a radio play written by Communist [[Reuben Ship]] and first broadcast by the [[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation]] (CBC)<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.albany.edu/jmmh/vol3/investigator/investigator.html | title=Reuben Ship's THE INVESTIGATOR }}</ref> on May 30 of that year. The play lampooned the actions of the [[United States of America|U.S.]] [[House Committee on Un-American Activities]] ([[HUAC]]) and United States Senator [[Joseph McCarthy]].{{cn|date=March 2024}} |
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The play, which was well received by the left-wing press at the time, was considered by the right-wing faction in American politics to be anti-American propaganda, and just this side of treason. While not broadcast in the [[United States]], within a few weeks bootleg tapes of the broadcast were in circulation in the US. Attempts to schedule it for broadcast in the US however met with great opposition from, amongst other groups, the [[American Legion]]. |
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Approximately 100,000 copies of a phonograph recording of the play were pressed and circulated, mostly in the US. It was denounced as [[communist]] [[propaganda]] by none other than [[Ed Sullivan]], and the recording gained a certain status as an underground classic during one of the high points of the Great [[Red Scare]] of the [[McCarthy Era]]. It is not known if any have survived. |
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* [https://archive.org/details/the-investigator-by-reuben-ship Internet Archive] |
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* [http://www.scenarioproductions.com/cbc/STAGE_SERIES/1.htm The Investigator] The Original CBC Broadcast Starring: John Drainie, Barry Morse, James Doohan (with "Heart of Darkness" radio play from 1951, Starring Lorne Greene) |
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* [http://www.folkways.si.edu/albumdetails.aspx?itemid=1021 The Investigator] Folkways Records. |
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== The Author == |
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Reuben Ship was involved the political struggles between two unions vieing for control of the burgeoning television industry in the early 1950's, and he was promptly labelled a [[communist]] in [[HUAC]] hearings. Much to the dismay of the Committee, it was determined that while much of his work could be considered treasonous if written by a US citizen, Reuben Ship was Canadian. The [[Immigration and Naturalization Service]] ([[INS]]) arrested him in July, 1953 and, after a prolonged ordeal threw him out of the US at the [[Detroit]]/[[Windsor]] border crossing. His comment upon being expelled from the "Land of Liberty" was that he "...felt liberated". It was this experience which gave him the material which he incorporated into the radio play. |
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== The Play == |
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The [[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation]] has opened certain of their archives, including the recording of ''The Investigator''. It may be downloaded by contacting the CBC at the website listed below, or it may be listened to in streaming audio by accessing the Journal for MultiMedia History, link given below. |
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== Fallout from a US Broadcast == |
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In 1967, radio station [[KPFK]], a member station of the [[Pacifica Foundation]] and located in the Los Angeles area, broadcast the play. Although KPFK enjoyed a reputation as an [[underground radio]] station, the uproar in the community subsequent to the broadcast nearly cost the station its license. |
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[[Category:McCarthyism]] |
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== References and Links == |
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[[Category:Cultural depictions of Joseph McCarthy]] |
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[[Category:1950s Canadian radio programs]] |
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Latest revision as of 19:00, 25 November 2024
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The Investigator (1954) was a radio play written by Communist Reuben Ship and first broadcast by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC)[1] on May 30 of that year. The play lampooned the actions of the U.S. House Committee on Un-American Activities (HUAC) and United States Senator Joseph McCarthy.[citation needed]
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[edit]- Internet Archive
- Canadian Broadcasting Corporation: Rewind
- Archive of entire broadcast hosted by The Journal for MultiMedia History
- The Investigator The Original CBC Broadcast Starring: John Drainie, Barry Morse, James Doohan (with "Heart of Darkness" radio play from 1951, Starring Lorne Greene)
- The Investigator Folkways Records.