Re: The (Now, 12!) Missing Welles/Mercury Radio Programs?
Posted: Tue Aug 17, 2021 11:22 am
Caroming off of the recently released BURLESQUE and PATRIOT recordings, is this where the updated list stands now (8/17/21)?
- Craig
We're getting there. SO much progress, from the Ur-days of classic radio collecting.Le Chiffre wrote:Of the 85 hour-long radio programs produced by the Mercury Theatre for the "Mercury Theatre on the Air" and "Campbell Playhouse" series (these are the) missing or not in circulation.
MERCURY THEATRE ON THE AIR
Sept. 11th, 1938
Julius Ceasar by William Shakespeare
(Only the broadcast itself is lost. The rehearsal for the program still survives.)(I BELIEVE WE ACTUALLY NOW HAVE TWO VERSIONS OF THIS - ONE OF WHICH, IS EITHER A DIFFERENT REHEARSAL, THE BROADCAST, OR A GOAT-GLAND MIX?)
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Sept. 18th, 1938
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
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Oct. 2nd, 1938
Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens
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Nov, 27h, 1938
Clarence by Booth Tarkington
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Dec. 4th 1938 (SHOULD BE DEC. 2?)
The Bridge of San Luis Rey by Thornton Wilder
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CAMPBELL PLAYHOUSE
Dec. 16th 1938
Call It a Day by Dodie Smith
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Dec. 30th 1938
A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway
(Not entirely lost, since a copy is held by the Library of Congress, but not in circulation.) (WE SHOULD APPROACH THEM AGAIN)
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Jan. 20th 1939
The Chicken Wagon Family by Barry Benefield.
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February 24th, 1939
State Fair by Phillip Duffield Stong
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March 2nd, 1939
Royal Regiment by Gilbert Frankau
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April 7th, 1939
Les Miserables by Victor Hugo
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April 28th, 1939
Black Daniel by Honore Morrow
- Craig