Arch Oboler's Plays | Old Time Radio Drama

On a quiet beach, a stranger writes names and dates in the sand, then erases them. Two visitors stop to watch.

Mirage turns an evening stroll into an unsettling encounter in Arch Oboler’s Plays. Linda and Carl leave a party expecting sea air and privacy. Instead, they find a shadowy figure absorbed in a task whose meaning they do not understand.

What appears at first to be an odd interruption gradually challenges the concerns they brought with them. Oboler uses a simple scene to open a larger question about the importance people give to their lives.

This 1939 recording combines fantasy with reflective radio drama. Listen to the conversation and let the stranger’s actions acquire their meaning as the story unfolds.

Episode: Mirage
Writer: Arch Oboler
Series: Arch Oboler’s Plays
Archive date label: 1 April 1939
Listening themes: a mysterious encounter, mortality and perspective.

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Archive file date: 1964-12-05. This is the date supplied by the source archive for this version.
 
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Big Ben
 
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Archive file date: 1964-11-14. This is the date supplied by the source archive for this version.
 
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Mirage
 
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Archive file date: 1964-12-19. This is the date supplied by the source archive for this version.
 
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Come to the Bank
 
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Archive file date: 1964-10-31. This is the date supplied by the source archive for this version.
 
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African Story
 
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Archive file date: 1964-11-28. This is the date supplied by the source archive for this version.
 
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Night
 
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Archive file date: 1945-06-07. This is the date supplied by the source archive for this version.
 
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Bathysphere
 
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Archive file date: 1964-12-12. This is the date supplied by the source archive for this version.
 
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The Word
 
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Archive file date: 1964-10-03. This is the date supplied by the source archive for this version.
 
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The Visitor from Hades
 
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Archive file date: 1964-10-10. This is the date supplied by the source archive for this version.
 
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