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Oct 9, 2013 · October 9, 2013. Editor’s note: In marking the 75th anniversary of “The War of the Worlds” broadcast, Wellesnet offers a transcript of the October 30, 1938 broadcast as heard on the Columbia Broadcasting System. It was performed by Orson Welles and the Mercury Theatre on the Air from a script by Howard Koch and based on the novel by H.G ...
"The War of the Worlds" by H. G. Wells. as performed by Orson Welles & the Mercury Theatre on the Air. and broadcast on the Columbia Broadcasting System on Sunday, October 30, 1938 from 8:00 to 9:00 P. M. * * * ANNOUNCER.
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60 - 65 minutes. 5 M, 6 Any (4-22 actors possible: 0-9 W, 4-22 M) Set: Minimal. Broadcast from New York's Mercury Theatre in 1938, this infamous radio play, based on the novel by H. G. Wells, had many terrified listeners convinced that an actual alien invasion of Earth was taking place. Adapted by Howard E. Koch, co-writer of Casablanca, and ...
Oct 30, 2018 · For the 80th anniversary of Orson Welles' 1938 radio play "The War of the Worlds," we take a deep dive into one of the most controversial moments in broadcasting history.
May 6, 2015 · May 6, 2015. Orson Welles (arms raised) rehearses his radio depiction of H.G. Wells' classic, The War of the Worlds. The broadcast, which aired on October 30, 1938, and claimed that...
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Perhaps the single most famous entertainment radio broadcast of all time, Orson Welles’ October 30, 1938 drama scared countless listeners and made the front page of the “New York Times”—and also underlined the growing importance of radio in America. In the decades since, it has been widely imitated around the world and also provided subject matter for numerous motion pictures and ...
