ROUGH DRAFT

       Bone-chilling thrillers, weblike mysteries, and magical myths all weave an undaunted path to NPR PLAYHOUSE and a treasure chest of radio drama. The 1982 fall season of the NPR PLAYHOUSE, a daily drama strip, is launched with the old-fashioned horror series, "Nightfall," the rational untanglings of "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes," the mythical world of Tolkien's "Lord of the Rings," and the surrealistic wanderings of "Ken Nordine's Word Jazz." Beginning NPR member station will feature the second season of NPR PLAYHOUSE every   (day)   through   (day)   at   (time)   until   (time)  .

       "In the dream you are falling, plummeting through a dark seemingly bottomless chasm. You scream in terror with the wind. Suddenly, you come awake, bathed in a cold sweat, chills down your spine, heart pounding...it's Nightfall." The gravelly, insinuating voice of Luther Kranst, your mysterious host will introduce weekly half-hour tales of the weird, the uncanny and the good old-fashioned horrible. Stalking public radio listeners every week will be doses of the bizarre and the unexplained including: "Love and te Lonely One"; an adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson's, "The Body Snatchers"; "No Admittance/No Exit"; "Repossession"; and more, for 13 weeks of adventure through the realm of terror. While it is not intended to induce nightmares, CBC producer Bill Howell suggests listeners finish eating before the program begins. If you're on the road, keep your hands firmly on the wheel. Nightfall is not for the timid!

Fall 1982