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The Mercury Theatre on the Air is a radio series of live radio dramas created and hosted by Orson Welles. The weekly hour-long show presented classic literary works performed by Welles's celebrated Mercury Theatre repertory company, with music composed or arranged by Bernard Herrmann .
The Mercury Theatre on the Air produced live radio dramas in 1938–1940 and again briefly in 1946. In addition to Welles, the Mercury players included Ray Collins, Joseph Cotten, George Coulouris, Martin Gabel, Norman Lloyd, Agnes Moorehead, Paul Stewart, and Everett Sloane.
Welles was a member of the program's regular cast, having first performed on it in March 1935. [12]: 74, 333 The Mercury Theatre on the Air and The March of Time shared many cast members and sound effects chief Ora D. Nichols. [2]: 41, 61, 63
"Dracula" was the first episode of the CBS Radio series The Mercury Theatre on the Air, which was broadcast at 8 pm ET on Monday, July 11, 1938.. Recalling Welles's sound-effects preparations for the series debut in a 1940 article for The New Yorker, Lucille Fletcher wrote that "his programs called for all sorts of unheard-of effects, and he could be satisfied with nothing short of perfection."
Orson Welles, arms upraised, directing a rehearsal of CBS Radio's The Mercury Theatre on the Air (1938) This is a comprehensive listing of the radio programs made by Orson Welles . Welles was often uncredited for his work, particularly in the years 1934–1937, and he apparently kept no record of his broadcasts.
The Mercury Theatre on the Air became The Campbell Playhouse in December 1938. Welles's growing fame drew Hollywood offers, lures that the independent-minded Welles resisted at first. The Mercury Theatre on the Air, which had been a sustaining show (without sponsorship), was picked up by Campbell Soup and renamed The Campbell Playhouse. [66]
The Mercury Theatre on the Air episode redirects to lists (13 P) Pages in category "The Mercury Theatre on the Air" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of ...
(In an appearance on The Dick Cavett Show on February 19, 1973, she revealed that, in 1922, she had by chance met Welles (15 years her junior) when he was a mere seven years old at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York City.) [11] She performed in his The Mercury Theatre on the Air radio adaptations, and had a regular role opposite Welles in ...