Transmission
11 July
No. 19
1938
The Mercury Theatre on the Air
Dracula
Network
CBS
Running time
59 min
The Mercury Theatre on the Air, CBS. Recording held by the Internet Archive;
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1938 · CBS
The Mercury Theatre on the Air
Twenty-two weeks, no sponsor, no rules
CBS gave the Mercury an hour on Sunday nights with no advertiser attached, which meant no one to answer to. Welles narrated in the first person, cast his Broadway company, and let Bernard Herrmann write a full score every week. It ran twenty-two weeks. The seventeenth of those weeks was Halloween eve, and the newspapers spent the following morning explaining what radio could do to people who had come in late.
19 broadcasts · 1 seasons held · Studio One, New York
193819
Transmission
18 July
No. 18
1938
The Mercury Theatre on the Air
Treasure Island
Network
CBS
Running time
1h 4m
The Mercury Theatre on the Air, CBS. Recording held by the Internet Archive;
Transmission
25 July
No. 17
1938
The Mercury Theatre on the Air
A Tale of Two Cities
Network
CBS
Running time
59 min
The Mercury Theatre on the Air, CBS. Recording held by the Internet Archive;
Transmission
1 August
No. 16
1938
The Mercury Theatre on the Air
The 39 Steps
Network
CBS
Running time
1h 1m
The Mercury Theatre on the Air, CBS. Recording held by the Internet Archive;
Transmission
8 August
No. 15
1938
The Mercury Theatre on the Air
Three Short Stories I m a Fool The Open Window My Little Boy
Network
CBS
Running time
59 min
The Mercury Theatre on the Air, CBS. Recording held by the Internet Archive;
Transmission
15 August
No. 14
1938
The Mercury Theatre on the Air
Abraham Lincoln
Network
CBS
Running time
59 min
The Mercury Theatre on the Air, CBS. Recording held by the Internet Archive;
Transmission
22 August
No. 13
1938
The Mercury Theatre on the Air
The Affairs of Anatol
Network
CBS
Running time
59 min
The Mercury Theatre on the Air, CBS. Recording held by the Internet Archive;
Transmission
29 August
No. 12
1938
The Mercury Theatre on the Air
The Count of Monte Cristo
Network
CBS
Running time
59 min
The Mercury Theatre on the Air, CBS. Recording held by the Internet Archive;
Transmission
5 September
No. 11
1938
The Mercury Theatre on the Air
The Man Who Was Thursday
Network
CBS
Running time
59 min
The Mercury Theatre on the Air, CBS. Recording held by the Internet Archive;
Transmission
11 September
No. 10
1938
The Mercury Theatre on the Air
Julius Caesar (Rehearsal)
Network
CBS
Running time
1h 2m
The Mercury Theatre on the Air, CBS. Recording held by the Internet Archive;
Transmission
25 September
No. 9
1938
The Mercury Theatre on the Air
The Immortal Sherlock Holmes
Network
CBS
Running time
58 min
The Mercury Theatre on the Air, CBS. Recording held by the Internet Archive;
Transmission
9 October
No. 8
1938
The Mercury Theatre on the Air
Hell on Ice
Network
CBS
Running time
1h 0m
The Mercury Theatre on the Air, CBS. Recording held by the Internet Archive;
Transmission
16 October
No. 7
1938
The Mercury Theatre on the Air
Seventeen
Network
CBS
Running time
1h 0m
The Mercury Theatre on the Air, CBS. Recording held by the Internet Archive;
Transmission
23 October
No. 6
1938
The Mercury Theatre on the Air
Around the World in 80 Days
Network
CBS
Running time
58 min
The Mercury Theatre on the Air, CBS. Recording held by the Internet Archive;
Transmission
30 October
No. 5
1938
The Mercury Theatre on the Air
War of the Worlds
Network
CBS
Running time
57 min
The Mercury Theatre on the Air, CBS. Recording held by the Internet Archive;
Transmission
30 October
No. 4
1938
The Mercury Theatre on the Air
War of the Worlds (Alt Version)
Network
CBS
Running time
1h 0m
The Mercury Theatre on the Air, CBS. Recording held by the Internet Archive;
Transmission
6 November
No. 3
1938
The Mercury Theatre on the Air
Heart of Darkness Life with Father
Network
CBS
Running time
1h 0m
The Mercury Theatre on the Air, CBS. Recording held by the Internet Archive;
Transmission
13 November
No. 2
1938
The Mercury Theatre on the Air
Passenger to Bali
Network
CBS
Running time
1h 0m
The Mercury Theatre on the Air, CBS. Recording held by the Internet Archive;
Transmission
20 November
No. 1
1938
The Mercury Theatre on the Air
The Pickwick Papers
Network
CBS
Running time
59 min
The Mercury Theatre on the Air, CBS. Recording held by the Internet Archive;