Streaming Orson Welles Christmas radio shows
Wellesnet is once again offering streaming vintage Christmas radio shows featuring Orson Welles and his Mercury Theatre players.
Should Orson Welles be considered co-author of ‘The War of the Worlds’ radio show?
Timothy McFarlin’s article will be published by Case Western Reserve Law Review in 2016.
BBC Radio 4 to produce ‘Heart of Darkness’
It will be available to download after the broadcast on the BBC iPlayer Radio app.
John Steinbeck story part of Orson Welles collection at Lilly Library
“With Your Wings” is an inspirational story about a black pilot read during one of Welles’ wartime broadcasts.
Orson Welles to be honored with 2015 Norman Corwin Legacy Award
The ceremony will take place on June 11-14.
Video: RG Productions stage version of ‘The War of the Worlds’ with intro by A. Brad Schwartz
Watch the complete performance here.
Indiana radio special features prominent Orson Welles scholars
The radio special can heard online at indianapublicmedia.org/profiles/orson-welles-100
75 years ago: Campbell Playhouse ended its historic run with ‘Jane Eyre’
Orson Welles’s production of “Jane Eyre” aired on March 31, 1940.
‘Broadcast Hysteria’ book utilizes nearly 1,400 letters sent to Orson Welles after ‘War of the Worlds’ broadcast
The book will be published in early May.
Agnes Moorehead hailed as radio’s greatest actress at National Radio Hall of Fame induction
Orson Welles was inducted in 1988.
Orson Welles books due in 2015
Here is what to expect (so far) in 2015:
Lost John Steinbeck story written for ‘Orson Welles Almanac’ to be published 70 years later
Listen to Welles’ reading here.