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The Fall of the City by Archibald MacLeish is the first American verse play written for radio. The 30-minute play was first broadcast April 11 1937 at 7 p.m. ET over the Columbia Broadcasting System (today CBS) as part of the Columbia Workshop radio series. The cast featured Orson Welles and Burgess Meredith. Music was composed and directed by Bernard Herrmann. It is an allegory on the rise of Fascism.