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|data2 = [[WBAI And NPR Playhouse]] | |data2 = [[WBAI And NPR Playhouse]] | ||
|header3 = Original Broadcast Date | |header3 = Original Broadcast Date | ||
|data4 = [[1982]] | |data4 = [[:Category:1982|1982]] | ||
|header5 = Cast | |header5 = Cast | ||
|data6 = [[Barbara Sohmers]], [[Joseph Palmieri]], [[Lester Nafzger]], [[Irene Wagner]], [[Tim Jerome]], [[Leslie Cass]], [[David Rapkin]], [[Rosemary Foley]], [[Charles Potter]], [[Arthur Miller]], [[Brother Theodore]], Joe Frank | |data6 = [[Barbara Sohmers]], [[Joseph Palmieri]], [[Lester Nafzger]], [[Irene Wagner]], [[Tim Jerome]], [[Leslie Cass]], [[David Rapkin]], [[Rosemary Foley]], [[Charles Potter]], [[Arthur Miller]], [[Brother Theodore]], Joe Frank | ||
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'''The Decline of Spengler''' is a program Joe Frank produced as part of the series [[WBAI And NPR Playhouse]]. It was originally broadcast in 1982. This show was also published in text form in [https://www.worldcat.org/title/new-directions-in-prose-and-poetry-48/oclc/429695094 ''New Directions Volume 48''] in 1984. | '''The Decline of Spengler''' is a program Joe Frank produced as part of the series [[WBAI And NPR Playhouse]]. It was originally broadcast in 1982. This show was also published in text form in [https://www.worldcat.org/title/new-directions-in-prose-and-poetry-48/oclc/429695094 ''New Directions Volume 48''] in 1984 as well as the 1993 short story collection [[The Queen Of Puerto Rico (Book)|''The Queen Of Puerto Rico'']]. | ||
== Synopsis == | == Synopsis == | ||
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== Additional credits == | == Additional credits == | ||
The original broadcast credits state: "Directed by [[Arthur Miller]], with technical production by [[David Rapkin]]. The performers were Joe Frank, [[Barbara Sohmers]], [[Joseph Palmieri]], [[Lester Nafzger]], [[Irene Wagner]], [[Tim Jerome]], [[Leslie Cass]], [[David Rapkin]], [[Rosemary Foley]], [[Charles Potter]], [[Arthur Miller]], and [[Brother Theodore]]." | The original broadcast credits state: "Directed by [[Arthur Miller]], with technical production by [[David Rapkin]]. The performers were Joe Frank, [[Barbara Sohmers]], [[Joseph Palmieri]], [[Lester Nafzger]], [[Irene Wagner]], [[Tim Jerome]], [[Leslie Cass]], [[David Rapkin]], [[Rosemary Foley]], [[Charles Potter]], [[Arthur Miller]], and [[Brother Theodore]]." | ||
== Miscellanea == | |||
* '''The Decline Of Spengler''' won a Broadcast Media Award for Best Dramatic Program of 1982.<ref>Harrington, Richard (April 5, 1983). [https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1983/04/05/joe-frank-dramas-with-a-twist-for-npr/1dfa407f-b1d4-4649-b4e8-09d1d3419104 "Joe Frank: Dramas With a Twist for NPR"]. ''The Washington Post''.</ref> | |||
== Commentary == | == Commentary == | ||
Oswald Spengler was an early 20<sup>th</sup> century German historian and philosopher who wrote [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Decline_of_the_West ''The Decline of the West''] (published 1917) which influenced many intelligentsia for a few decades, got some popular attention, then faded. It was a joke when I was a young man, the notion that it had ever influenced anyone serious. I think Joe took up the joke for the title; Joe's show has nothing to do with Spengler's philosophy. - [[User:Arthur Peabody|Arthur Peabody]] ([[User talk:Arthur Peabody|talk]]) 01:42, 19 February 2021 | |||
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[[Category:Absurd_Monologue]] | [[Category:Absurd_Monologue]] | ||