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The Mercury Theatre was an independent repertory theatre company founded in New York City in 1937 by Orson Welles and producer John Houseman. The company produced theatrical presentations, radio programs and motion pictures.
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.
On October 30, 2002, XM Satellite Radio collaborated with conservative talk-show host Glenn Beck (who named his production company, Mercury Radio Arts, after Welles' Mercury Theatre) for a live recreation of the broadcast, using Koch's original script and airing on the Buzz XM channel, as well as on Beck's 100 AM/FM affiliates.
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]
One particular incident on October 30, 1938, defined Paar's early career. Aware of a new Columbia show on the Sunday evening schedule—Orson Welles's The Mercury Theatre on the Air—Paar briefly left the studios to get a snack, inadvertently missing the start of The War of the Worlds [75] and thus unaware of a brief introduction by Welles. [76]
In case you’ve not seen previous productions — including an excellent staging that played both Indiana’s now-defunct Theatre at the Center and Chicago’s Mercury Theater before the pandemic ...
Federal Theatre Project Cleveland, Ohio Orson Welles [cg] September 23–25 ... Mercury Theatre Adelphi Theatre, New York City Orson Welles [ei] [80] 1947.
To Orson Welles, director, man of letters, disciple of classic repertory, for the season's most outstanding contribution to the American stage—the Mercury Theatre. For founding that theatre, with John Houseman. For the vision, the courage, the executive art which accompanied its founding. For establishing a uniformly excellent repertory company.