Jack | April 20, 2016
This article on Geekscape was floating around the Internets, and we’re a little upset we didn’t see it sooner. The author, Witney, provides a list of the top ten old time radio dramas along with links. The shows selected are in order… 10. Brave New World 9. Superman 8. Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar 7. Escape “Three […]
Jack | April 12, 2016
Great loss to the world of radio drama and voice acting on April 10th, when Arthur Anderson passed away at the age of 93. The New York Times article reported: Arthur Anderson, who performed on radio as a teenager with Orson Welles’s Mercury Theater and appeared on Broadway, in films and on television, but whose most […]
Jack | October 31, 2014
In our last look at October Orson Month, we present the show that made Orson Welles a superstar and infamous. This Halloween Eve we present Mercury Theatre on the Air’s adaptation of the H.G. Wells’ classic science fiction terror “War of the Worlds”
Jack | October 17, 2014
Orson Welles’ Mercury Theatre on the Air produced a staggering number of adaptations of classic fiction and drama. One of the least quoted but one of Jack’s favourites is the immortal tale of the desert “Beau Geste”, our feature for tonight’s October Orson month!
