‘NBC University Theatre’ initially were only available in Chicago using a remit to create adaptations of basic novels, generally Anglo-American, to a radio market. Additionally, if listeners registered they received university credit to a radio-assisted correspondence course. A study guideline, The Handbook of the World’s Great Novels, was designed for 25 cents. In its later years in addition, it included short tales and has and continued to win the recognized Peabody prize.Unlike a great many other radio shows University Theatre did not pursue the glamourous stars for its productions but instead relied on excellent distillations of the novels and first class acting alongside high production values.But now its period to enjoy these timeless novels. Let’s start.