The Case of the Irate Witness (Případ vzteklého svědka, 2011)

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Srpen 29, 2012

Earl Stanley Gardner. Rozhlasová dramatizace povídky s Perry Masonem z roku 1953. Připravili a účinkují Red Ryder a Fortunato.

Natočeno 2011. Premiéra 20. 6. 2011 (KBOO Community Radio) v cyklu Gremlin Time (46 min.).

Pozn.: On his way to a well deserved, fishing vacation, famous trial lawyer Perry Mason, finds himself enlisted to defend a man accused of stealing a company town’s payroll. Not only does the defendant have a criminal record, but part of the stolen money is found at his home.
Unlike what is falsely stated in the introduction of this program. This is the only short story written by Earl Stanley Gardner featuring Perry Mason with courtroom ‚fireworks’! First printed in Collier’s Magazine in 1953, four years before the long running CBS television series began in 1957. It was later expanded, with the addition of a murder, to become the 11th episode of the show’s third season, in January of 1960, as The Case of the Violent Village.
Our presentation was originally broadcast when Gremlin Time was a weekly, 30 min. show. And back then we read an abridged version. For this program, Fortunato reads the edited out opening passages, and Red Ryder presents the main part of the story. We’ve also filled out the show with a couple of selections to evoke the 1950s presented as a musical break.
We open this program with an audio homage to the great TV series Perry Mason, featuring the voices of series regulars Raymond Burr as Perry Mason, Barbara Hale as Della Street, William Hopper as Paul Drake, and William Talman as D.A. Hamilton Burger. Also, a special appearance by guest star Edgar Buchanan.
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Gremlin Time is the bedtime radio show for grown-ups. We present original texts by great writers. Sad stories that make deep people happy. Tales of action & mystery that challenge the intellect. Accounts of terror & romance for the too comfortable. And funny stories for the serious minded.
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Matthew Clark
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The Case of the Irate Witness (1953)
– first book publication Fiction Goes to Court : Favorite Stories of Lawyers and the Law Selected by Famous Lawyers (1954) and later included in the short story collections The Case of the Irate Witness in 1970, and The Oxford Book of Detective Stories (2000).
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Česky:
Případ vzteklého svědka
in: časopis Sedmička pionýrů (IX. ročník, 1978-9/2), překlad: Ladislav Pekař, Mladá fronta 1978
in: Případ zatoulaného manžela, překlad: Otakar Siedek, Brána 1995, Brána 1999