Great Moments in History

Great Moments in History was a dramatic radio series broadcast on NBC in 1927–28.

The program was the creation of actor-director Gerald Stoop, a New York Theater Guild member, and playwright Henry Fisk Carlton, an English instructor at New York University and a graduate of Harvard's Dramatic Work Shop.

Carlton was previously involved in the production of other NBC programs, including Re-told Tales and House of Myths.

One show in the series, "Paul Revere's Ride", employed this dialogue: Carlton felt every aspect had to be dramatized with elaborate details, as he explained, "To make your audience see, it is necessary to make your characters describe what they see.

"[1] Carlton has been credited (along with William Ford Manley and one John Harwood) with joint authorship of the dramatic play Shooting Shadows.