The NBC Theater
Howards End
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Howards End brings E. M. Forster’s novel to radio, following the intertwined lives of the Schlegel sisters, the Wilcox family, and Leonard Bast, a clerk struggling to find security and opportunity. Their encounters expose differences in class, wealth, and outlook, while questions of inheritance and responsibility draw the families closer together.
The NBC Theater presents literary works as radio drama, using dialogue, performance, and sound to carry a story from the page to the listener. In this adaptation, the focus is on the relationships and choices at the heart of Forster’s novel, as private loyalties meet the pressures of English social life.
The result is a thoughtful, character-centered drama, balancing intimate family tensions with a broader view of social change. Its appeal lies in hearing a celebrated novel reshaped for the imagination of radio, where voices and atmosphere bring its human conflicts into sharp relief.
This recording is part of the Old Time Radio collection.