Oregon Experience

San Francisco Expo / NBC radio

Clip: Season 5 Episode 502 | 2m 36s

The Oregon Shakespearean Festival began in 1935, but the onset of World War II soon closed it down. The Festival’s founder, Angus Bowmer, later wrote that a certain pre-war radio broadcast had helped convince the city that his company might indeed have a bright – and productive – future.

Aired: 10/18/15

Rating: TV-G

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Oregon Experience is a local public television program presented by OPB.