The Campbell Playhouse

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The Campbell Playhouse was a 1938–1940 American radio drama series created by Orson Welles as a successor to The Mercury Theatre on the Air, featuring adaptations of classic literature and sponsored by the Campbell Soup Company.

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The Campbell Playhouse canonical 3
Campbell Playhouse 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American radio program ⓘ
radio drama series ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Campbell Playhouse ⓘ
The Campbell Soup Program ⓘ
archivalStatus surviving recordings exist ⓘ
basedOn classic literature ⓘ
broadcastFrequency weekly ⓘ
broadcastOn Columbia Broadcasting System ⓘ
broadcastPeriod 1938–1940 ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
creativeControl largely overseen by Orson Welles ⓘ
creator Orson Welles ⓘ
era Golden Age of Radio ⓘ
featuredRegular Agnes Moorehead ⓘ
Everett Sloane ⓘ
Joseph Cotten ⓘ
Mercury Theatre repertory company ⓘ
linked to: Mercury Theatre

Ray Collins ⓘ
finalAirDate 1940 ⓘ
firstAirDate 1938 ⓘ
format anthology series ⓘ
genre drama ⓘ
hasMainCharacter various, depending on adaptation ⓘ
historicalContext followed the 1938 War of the Worlds broadcast by Orson Welles ⓘ
language English ⓘ
medium radio ⓘ
notableEpisodeType adaptations of contemporary plays ⓘ
adaptations of novels ⓘ
adaptations of short stories ⓘ
notableFor adaptations of literary classics ⓘ
use of film and stage actors as guest stars ⓘ
originalNetwork CBS Radio ⓘ
predecessor The Mercury Theatre on the Air ⓘ
primaryDistribution live broadcast ⓘ
producedBy John Houseman ⓘ
Orson Welles ⓘ
productionCompany The Mercury Theatre ⓘ
linked to: Mercury Theatre
productionLocation New York City ⓘ
replaced The Mercury Theatre on the Air ⓘ
sponsor Campbell Soup Company ⓘ
sponsorIndustry food industry ⓘ
sponsorProductType canned soup ⓘ
sponsorshipChangeFromPredecessor transition from sustaining program to sponsored program ⓘ
sponsorType commercially sponsored ⓘ
starred Orson Welles ⓘ
targetAudience general audience ⓘ
typicalRunningTime approximately 60 minutes ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Mercury Theatre → notableRadioSeries → The Campbell Playhouse ⓘ
The Mercury Theatre on the Air → alsoKnownAs → The Campbell Playhouse ⓘ
The Mercury Theatre on the Air → successor → The Campbell Playhouse ⓘ
The Campbell Playhouse (radio series) → alsoKnownAs → Campbell Playhouse ⓘ
linked to: The Campbell Playhouse
The Campbell Playhouse → alsoKnownAs → Campbell Playhouse ⓘ
linked to: The Campbell Playhouse