The Mercury Theatre on the Air

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The Mercury Theatre on the Air was a 1938 American radio drama series created by Orson Welles and John Houseman, best known for its innovative, cinematic adaptations of literary classics and the infamous "War of the Worlds" broadcast.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American radio program ⓘ
radio drama series ⓘ
alsoKnownAs First Person Singular ⓘ
The Campbell Playhouse ⓘ
basedOn Mercury Theatre stage company ⓘ
linked to: Mercury Theatre
broadcastMedium AM radio ⓘ
broadcastOn Columbia Broadcasting System ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
creator John Houseman ⓘ
Orson Welles ⓘ
director Orson Welles ⓘ
endTime 1938-12-04 ⓘ
executiveProducer John Houseman ⓘ
featuredPerformer Agnes Moorehead ⓘ
Everett Sloane ⓘ
Joseph Cotten ⓘ
Ray Collins ⓘ
format weekly anthology ⓘ
genre anthology series ⓘ
radio drama ⓘ
hasPart The War of the Worlds (1938 radio broadcast) ⓘ
inception 1938 ⓘ
influenced development of audio storytelling ⓘ
later radio drama techniques ⓘ
language English ⓘ
mediaType radio ⓘ
musicBy Bernard Herrmann ⓘ
notableEpisode A Tale of Two Cities (radio drama adaptation) ⓘ
Dracula (radio drama adaptation) ⓘ
Jane Eyre (radio drama adaptation) ⓘ
The War of the Worlds (radio drama) ⓘ
Treasure Island (radio drama adaptation) ⓘ
notableFor adaptations of literary classics ⓘ
innovative, cinematic style of radio production ⓘ
realistic news-bulletin format in The War of the Worlds ⓘ
numberOfSeasons 1 ⓘ
originallyAired Sunday nights ⓘ
originallyBroadcastBy Columbia Broadcasting System Radio Network ⓘ
originalNetwork CBS Radio ⓘ
partOf Golden Age of Radio ⓘ
predecessor First Person Singular ⓘ
producer Orson Welles ⓘ
recordedIn New York City ⓘ
sponsor Campbell Soup Company ⓘ
starred Orson Welles ⓘ
startTime 1938-07-11 ⓘ
successor The Campbell Playhouse ⓘ

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Mercury Theatre → notableWork → The Mercury Theatre on the Air ⓘ
subject linked to: Orson Welles' Mercury Theatre
Mercury Theatre → alsoKnownAs → Mercury Theatre on the Air ⓘ
subject linked to: Orson Welles' Mercury Theatre
linked to: The Mercury Theatre on the Air
Ray Collins → notableWork → The Mercury Theatre on the Air ⓘ
Everett Sloane → participatedIn → Mercury Theatre on the Air ⓘ
linked to: The Mercury Theatre on the Air
John Houseman → notableWork → The War of the Worlds (1938 radio drama) ⓘ
subject linked to: Jacques Haussmann
linked to: The Mercury Theatre on the Air
Mercury Theatre → notableWork → The War of the Worlds (radio drama) ⓘ
linked to: The Mercury Theatre on the Air
Mercury Theatre → notableRadioSeries → The Mercury Theatre on the Air ⓘ
The Mercury Theatre on the Air → notableEpisode → The War of the Worlds (radio drama) ⓘ
linked to: The Mercury Theatre on the Air
The Mercury Theatre on the Air → hasPart → The War of the Worlds (1938 radio broadcast) ⓘ
linked to: The Mercury Theatre on the Air
The Campbell Playhouse (radio series) → basedOn → The Mercury Theatre on the Air ⓘ
The Campbell Playhouse (radio series) → precededBy → The Mercury Theatre on the Air ⓘ
The Campbell Playhouse (radio series) → follows → The Mercury Theatre on the Air ⓘ
Howard E. Koch → notableWork → The War of the Worlds (1938 radio drama) ⓘ
linked to: The Mercury Theatre on the Air
Howard E. Koch → participantIn → 1938 The War of the Worlds radio broadcast ⓘ
linked to: The Mercury Theatre on the Air
The Campbell Playhouse → predecessor → The Mercury Theatre on the Air ⓘ
The Campbell Playhouse → replaced → The Mercury Theatre on the Air ⓘ