John Chapman Episodes
"On Borrowed Time" was featured as a dramatic adaptation on the NBC radio anthology series Best Plays, hosted by New York's Daily News drama critic John Chapman. The program, which aired in the early 1950s, showcased celebrated theatrical works, and "On Borrowed Time" was broadcast during its run.
July 19, 2018
NBC RADIO BEST PLAYS "ON BORROWED TIME"
This well acted and well-written play from John Chapman was a big hit on Broadway in 1938 then became a classic movie in 1939. The story itself is a twist on an old Greek fable in which death is tricked into climbing a pear tree which had...