Cathy and Elliott Lewis on Stage

Casey at the Bat

English · Poetry, Radio

Cathy and Elliott Lewis on Stage presents a radio performance by the husband-and-wife acting team Cathy and Elliott Lewis. The title pairs the program with “Casey at the Bat,” the celebrated baseball poem by Ernest Thayer, whose account of a hometown hero’s fateful turn at the plate blends sporting drama with comic irony.

Listeners can expect a theatrical treatment shaped for radio, where the performers’ voices carry the action and bring the poem’s crowd, anticipation, and decisive moment to life. The familiar verse offers a compact story of confidence, expectation, and disappointment, with its memorable rhythm and build toward Casey’s appearance at bat.

The result brings together the intimacy of spoken performance and the lively atmosphere of a public sporting spectacle. Its appeal lies in hearing a well-known piece of American verse presented by experienced radio actors, with the suspense and humor of Casey’s moment at the plate at the center.

This recording is part of the Old Time Radio collection.