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Theatre of the imagination [radio stories by Orson Welles & The Mercury Theatre].
- Title
- Theatre of the imagination [sound recording] : [radio stories by Orson Welles & The Mercury Theatre].
- Publication
- Santa Monica, Calif. : Voyager Company, c1988.
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Details
- Additional Authors
- Welles, Orson, 1915-1985.
- Description
- 6 sound cassettes (348 min.) : analog, Dolby processed.
- Summary
- The 6th tape contains an audio documentary featuring members of the Mercury Theatre company. "Also includes previously recorded interviews with Welles and Bernard Herrmann. The documentary focuses on the ingredients that made the Mercury broadcasts so successful, including innovative uses of sound effects, music adn rhythms in storytelling. It includes a look a the turbulent relationship between director Welles and producer John Houseman and how the tension may have helped generate some of Welles' finest work in radio, theatre and film."--Program notes.
- Uniform Title
- Mercury Theatre on the air (Radio program)
- Subjects
- Note
- These cassettes were duplicated directly from the digital master recording.
- Subtitle from container.
- In 1 container.
- Originally broadcast between March 20, 1938 and June 21, 1946.
- Program notes ([6] p.) inserted in container.
- Contents
- Rebecca (59:51) -- Heart of darkness (29:35) -- The apple tree (30:01) -- My little boy (27:12) -- The Hitch hiker (29:45) -- A Tale of two cities (59:45) -- H.G. Wells meets Orson Welles (7:28) -- The Song of Soloman (4:19) -- Noah Webster's library ; Dorothy Parker poetry (3:59) -- Hamlet (5:25) -- Doris Miller tribute (3:42) -- The Shadow: The white legion (28:13) -- The Sun rising ; No man in an island (7:00) -- Ladies and gentlemen, there's a full moon tonight (2:01) -- Wilbur Brown, habitat Brooklyn (9:53) -- Theatre of the imagination: The Mercury Company remembers /narrated by Leonard Maltin ; written and produced by Frank Beacham (39:33).
- Call Number
- *LTCO 113 (F)
- OCLC
- 20702671
- NYPG95-R904
- Title
- Theatre of the imagination [sound recording] : [radio stories by Orson Welles & The Mercury Theatre].
- Imprint
- Santa Monica, Calif. : Voyager Company, c1988.
- Added Author
- Welles, Orson, 1915-1985.
- Added Title
- Mercury Theatre on the air (Radio program)
- Research Call Number
- *LTCO 113 (F) Program notes on file.