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Mercury Theatre
On The Air's
TREASURE ISLAND
by Robert Louis Stevenson
Produced, directed, scripted by Orson Welles
starring Orson Welles
Treasure Island is an adventure novel by Robert Louis Stevenson, narrating a tale of "buccaneers and buried gold". First published as a book in 1883, it was originally serialised in the children's magazine Young Folks between 1881-82 under the title The Sea Cook, or Treasure Island.
Traditionally considered a coming of age story it is an adventure tale known for its superb atmosphere, character and action, and also a wry commentary on the ambiguity of morality as seen in Long John Silver unusual for children's literature then and now. It is one of the most frequently dramatised of all novels. The influence of Treasure Island on popular perception of pirates is vast, including treasure maps with an 'X', black schooners, tropical islands, and one-legged seamen with parrots on their shoulders.
Running Time 1 hourThe Mercury Theatre on the Air, a show featuring the acclaimed New York drama company founded by Orson Welles and John Houseman. In its brief run, it featured an impressive array of talents, including Agnes Moorehead, Bernard Herrmann, and George Coulouris. The show is famous for its notorious War of the Worlds broadcast, but the other shows in the series are relatively unknown.
The show first broadcast on CBS and CBC in July 1938. It ran without a sponsor until December of that year, when it was picked up by Campbell s Soup and renamed The Campbell Playhouse.
Approximate play time of 66 minutes.
Broadcast History : July 11th, 1938 - December 4th, 1938
CBS. 60 Minutes. Mondays at 9:00pm until September 11th.
Sundays at 8:00pm thereafter.
Became The Campbell Playhouse as of December 9th, 1938
June 7th - September 13th, 1946
CBS. 30 minutes. Fridays at 10:00pm.
Pabst Beer
Cast :
Orson Welles, Martin Gabel, Ray Collins, Kenny Delmar, George Coulouris,
Edgar Barrier, Paul Stewart, Everett Sloane, Joseph Cotten, Hiram Sherman, Erskin Sanford,
Frank Readick, Agnes Moorehead, Alice Frost, Karl Swenson, William Alland, etc.
Announcer : Dan Deymour
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