We Hold These Truths 1991
In 1941, Norman Corwin assembled an all-star
cast and won the biggest audience in history for his celebration of the
150th Anniversary of the
Bill of Rights.
This is a new version for the 200th Anniversary, updated by Corwin himself, as broadcast in 1991 over every national radio network in the United States, both public and commercial.
The incredible cast includes Richard Dysart, James Earl Jones, Jill Eikenberry, Esther Rolle, Tom Bosley, Bill Bixby, Lloyd Bridges, Pat Carroll, John Ireland, Fess Parker, Brenda Vacarro, Rene Auberjonois, Norman Lear, Ray Bradbury -- and many more.
This program is both a dramatization about the evolution and adoption of the original Bill of Rights in 1791, and an exploration of the meaning of ALL the amendments to our constitution. Corwin's writing has never been better, or more heartfelt. The production is illuminated with a beautiful original score by Libby Larsen.
Winner of a special Silver Gavel Award from the American Bar Association, Gold Medals for Best Special Event, Best Direction, and Best Writing at the N.Y. International Radio Festival, and a Silver Award for Spoken Arts from the C.P.B.
Produced by Judith Walcutt and directed by David Ossman for in conjunction with American Public Radio and WETA.
Complete Cast List
Richard Dysart........as The Citizen James Earl Jones......as The Actor Jill Eikenberry.......as Carrie Chapman Catt Esther Rolle..........as The Speaker Lloyd Bridges.........speaking The Preamble Brenda Vacarro........as Mercy Warren Rene Auberjonois......as Thomas Jefferson Harry Hamlin..........as A Blacksmith Jesse White...........as A Farmer Nan Martin............as A Widow Edward Asner..........as The Editor Richard Masur.........as Alexander Hamilton Pat Carroll...........as Mrs. Devine Tom Bosley............as Jephthah Fess Parker...........as A Virginian Melanie Chartoff......as The Singer Dan O'Herlihy.........as Mike Richard Erdman........as Sean John Randolph.........as Mr. Lyon Studs Terkel..........as Rev. Haswell Stuart Whitman........as Rev. Ogden Hector Elizondo.......as The Cellmate Joe Spano.............as Olson Melinda Peterson......as Miss Kirchner Ray Bradbury..........as John Adams Robert Hooks..........as Frederick Douglass Larry Dobkin..........as Elijah Lovejoy Raye Birk.............as Booth James Hong............as Yick Wo R.J. Johnson..........as Marci George American Horse.as Red Jacket Rod McKuen............as Benet
and the voices of Sabrina Harper, Marnie Patterson, Danny Wilson, Remy Auberjonois, Anderson Wong, Tom Price, Phillip Proctor, George Tirebiter, Norman Lear, Steve Bochco, and Ben Vereen, with an Afterword by former Chief Justice Warren Burger.
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