{"product_id":"2940169632903","title":"The Mercury Theatre on the Air, Volume 1","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Mercury Theatre was an independent repertory company founded in New York City in 1937 by Orson Welles and producer John Houseman, who is best known for his Oscar-winning performance as Professor Charles Kingsfield in the \u003ci\u003eThe Paper Chase\u003c\/i\u003e. After a series of acclaimed stage productions, Welles and his Mercury Theatre were offered their own weekly hour-long radio program over the CBS radio network. Here Welles-along with Agnes Moorehead, Ray Collins, Joseph Cotten, Alice Frost, Martin Gabel, and others-presented powerful adaptations of literary classics with Bernard Herrman as composer and conductor.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eConsidered by many critics as the finest dramatic hour on radio, \u003ci\u003eThe Mercury Theatre on the Air\u003c\/i\u003e was without a sponsor until a single broadcast changed all that: \u003ci\u003eThe War of the Worlds\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEpisodes include “Dracula,” starring Martin Gabel, Agnes Moorehead, George Coulouris, Ray Collins, and Karl Swenson; “A Tale of Two Cities,” starring Martin Gabel, Ray Collins, Edgar Barrier, Frank Readick, and Kenny Delmar; “Abraham Lincoln,” starring Orson Welles as Lincoln, plus Ray Collins, George Coulouris, Karl Swenson, Agnes Moorehead, Carl Frank, and William Allen; “The Count of Monte Cristo,” starring Orson Welles, Ray Collins, Eustace Wyatt, George Coulouris, and Edgar Barrier; “The Immortal Sherlock Holmes,” starring Orson Welles, Ray Collins, Edgar Barrier, Alfred Shirley, William Allen, and Arthur Anderson; “Around the World in Eighty Days,” starring Orson Welles, Al Swenson, Arlene Francis, Edgar Barrier, Frank Readick, and Ray Collins. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Blackstone Audio, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47150351220976,"sku":"2940169632903","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940169632903_p0.jpg?v=1763689458","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940169632903","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}