Orson Welles and The Mercury Theatre on the Air
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About Orson Welles and The Mercury Theatre on the Air
The Mercury Theatre was a theatre company founded in New York City in 1937 by Orson Welles and John Houseman. After a string of live theatrical productions, in 1938 the Mercury Theatre progressed into their best-known period as The Mercury Theatre on the Air, a radio series that included one of the most notable and infamous radio broadcasts of all time, The War of the Worlds, broadcast on October 30, 1938. The Mercury Theatre on the Air produced live radio dramas in 1938–1940 and again briefly in 1946.
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October 30th, 1938
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Interruption Of The Program
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Nothing Unusual
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A Huge Flaming Object
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It's Moving!
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Burned Bodies
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Invading Armies
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Advance Of The Enemy
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Wiped Out
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The Eye Witness
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The Next Day
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We Are Finished
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Alone
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The Man Who Was Thursday
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H.G. Wells Meets Orson Welles
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War Of The Worlds
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War of the Worlds Episode 12
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War of the Worlds Episode 02
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War of the Worlds Episode 03
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War of the Worlds Episode 11
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