Easy Aces / Hercule Poirot
The Il Piccolo Players performed two radio shows on December 6th, 2008 at Il Piccolo Caffe.
The first show from the long running Easy Aces series was entitled ’Jane goes to the Psychiatrist’ . This a long-running American serial radio comedy (1930-1945), was trademarked by the low-keyed drollery of creator and writer Goodman Ace and his wife, Jane, as an urbane, put-upon realtor and his malaprop-prone wife. Its unobtrusive, conversational, and clever style, and the cheerful absurdism of its storylines, built a loyal enough audience of listeners and critics alike to keep it on the air for 15 years. You can listen to the performance here.
The second show, Agatha Christie’s Case of the Careless Victim, featured the famous fictional Belgian detective Hercule Poirot. This show was one of 11 that first aired in 1945. You can hear the Il Piccolo performance here.