The War of the Worlds: The 1938 Radio Script
- Full Length Play, Science Fiction, Radio Play
- 5M, 6M or F
- ISBN: ps2667
Broadcast from New York's Mercury Theatre in 1938, this infamous radio play, based on the novel by H. G. Wells, had many terrified listeners convinced that an actual alien invasion of Earth was taking place.
Description
- Full Length Play
- Science Fiction, Radio Play
- 65 minutes
- Target Audience: Pre-Teen (Age 11 - 13), Teen (Age 14 - 18), Appropriate for all audiences, Adult
- Set Requirements: Bare Stage/Simple Set
- Performance Group:
- Community Theatre, College Theatre / Student, High School/Secondary, Senior Theatre
Adapted by Howard E. Koch, co-writer of Casablanca, and directed and narrated by Orson Welles, this original script detailing the frightening tale of an extraterrestrial takeover is now available to bring to life onstage to thrill and chill audiences.
(An annotated manuscript of this radio play, with notes and changes marked by Orson Welles, is also available.)
REVIEWS:
"So terrifying in its accounts of invading Martians wielding deadly heat-rays that it is remembered like no other radio programme."
Professor W. Joseph Campbell, BBC News Magazine
"[War of the Worlds] remains vibrantly alive in the American consciousness."
Leonard Maltin, Indiewire
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- Casting: 5M, 6M or F
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Broadcast from New York's Mercury Theatre in 1938, this infamous radio play, based on the novel by H. G. Wells, had many terrified listeners convinced that an actual alien invasion of Earth was taking place. Adapted by Howard E. Koch, co-writer of Casablanca, and directed and narrated by Orson Welles, this original script detailing the frightening tale of an extraterrestrial takeover is now available to bring to life onstage to thrill and chill audiences. (An annotated manuscript of this radio play, with notes and changes marked by Orson Welles, is also available.) |
$24.95 |
