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In 1938, a group of talented artists known as The Mercury Theatre on the Air, led by Orson Welles, created a spectacle that changed the course of broadcast history forever by terrifying a nation with a staged alien invasion. This is the story of how the infamous War of the Worlds radio drama came to be and how it almost never was...
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Thursday Oct 29, 2020
Thursday Oct 29, 2020
The pot boils over as Orson attacks John Houseman in front of The Mercury Theatre on the Air, prompting Davidson Taylor to cancel the adaptation of War of the Worlds and substitute it with a rerun of their previous show.
Cast
Ari Stidham as Orson Welles
Keaton Talmadge as Ora Nichols
Jim Brannigan as John Houseman
Oscar Jordan as Davidson Taylor
Courtney Reece as Anne Froelick
Christopher Hodge as Howard Koch
Rama Vallury as Paul Stewart
Renee Schwartz as Operator
David Dean as Performer #1
Special Thanks to Alex Aguilar and Marion Arrou-Vignod
Produced by:
Casey Hammons
Daniel Patton
Jordan Stidham
S. Christian Roe
Sound Editing by Jason Crowe
Original Compositions by JD O’Dea
Supplemental tracks and sound effects were provided by EpidemicSound.com.
“There You’ll Be” by Howard Harper-Barnes
“Steps in Time” by Golden Age Radio
“I’d Rather Be Alone” by Franz Gordon
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Absolutely brilliant!!! I came across this by accident and am I so glad I did. Thank you for creating a dramatisation looking at “The Panic Broadcast” from an intriguing angle. Split into 6 parts gives the subject the respect it deserves. A mere 30 or 60 minutes wouldn’t do it justice. The cast are superb. The script is fantastic. This is something that everyone, WOTW fan or not, should have a listen to. They won’t be disappointed. Once again, thank you.🙏
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