{"product_id":"9781483008684","title":"The Mercury Theatre on the Air, Vol. 1","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Mercury Theatre was an independent repertory company founded in New York City in 1937 by Orson Welles and producer\u003cbr\u003eJohn Houseman, who is best known for his Oscar-winning performance as Professor Charles\u003cbr\u003eKingsfield in the \u003ci\u003eThe Paper\u003cbr\u003eChase\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\u003cbr\u003eCollins, 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\u003cbr\u003eTheatre 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,\u003cbr\u003eAgnes Moorehead, George Coulouris, Ray Collins, and Karl Swenson; “A\u003cbr\u003eTale of Two Cities,” starring Martin Gabel, Ray Collins, Edgar Barrier, Frank\u003cbr\u003eReadick, and Kenny Delmar; “Abraham Lincoln,” starring Orson Welles as Lincoln,\u003cbr\u003eplus Ray Collins, George Coulouris, Karl Swenson, Agnes Moorehead, Carl Frank,\u003cbr\u003eand William Allen; “The Count of Monte Cristo,” starring\u003cbr\u003eOrson Welles, Ray Collins, Eustace Wyatt, George Coulouris, and Edgar Barrier;\u003cbr\u003e“The\u003cbr\u003eImmortal Sherlock Holmes,” starring Orson Welles, Ray Collins, Edgar Barrier,\u003cbr\u003eAlfred Shirley, William Allen, and Arthur Anderson; “Around the World in Eighty\u003cbr\u003eDays,” starring Orson Welles, Al Swenson, Arlene Francis, Edgar Barrier, Frank\u003cbr\u003eReadick, and Ray Collins. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Black Eye Entertainment","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47049866084592,"sku":"9781483008684","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781483008684_p0.jpg?v=1763626543","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781483008684","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}