Considered by many critics as the finest dramatic hour on radio, The Mercury Theatre on the Air was without a sponsor until a single broadcast changed all that: The War of the Worlds.
Episodes include Dracula, starring Martin Gabel, Agnes Moorehead, George Coulouris, Ray Collins, and Karl Swenson; A Tale of Two Cities, starring Martin Gabel, Ray Collins, Edgar Barrier, Frank Readick, and Kenny Delmar; Abraham Lincoln, starring Orson Welles as Lincoln, plus Ray Collins, George Coulouris, Karl Swenson, Agnes Moorehead, Carl Frank, and William Allen; The Count of Monte Cristo, starring Orson Welles, Ray Collins, Eustace Wyatt, George Coulouris, and Edgar Barrier; The Immortal Sherlock Holmes, starring Orson Welles, Ray Collins, Edgar Barrier, Alfred Shirley, William Allen, and Arthur Anderson; Around the World in Eighty Days, starring Orson Welles, Al Swenson, Arlene Francis, Edgar Barrier, Frank Readick, and Ray Collins.
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