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Orson Welles on Shakespeare : the W.P.A. and Mercury Theatre playscripts / by Welles, Orson, 1915-1985

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The day that panicked America : the H.G. Wells War of the worlds scandal

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The day that panicked America the H.G. Wells War of the worlds scandal

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Treasure island

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Treasure island.

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Orson Welles' War of the worlds by Welles, Orson, 1915-1985

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Japes by Gray, Simon, 1936-2008

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Closer to home by Hinshaw, Brian

Table of Contents: “…Never the Bride -- The Custodian -- Shepherd -- Evidence -- The Crack-up -- Red Square -- Pulse -- Marcus -- Wood -- Mercury Theatre of the Air -- February -- Wade's Husk.…”

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Drummers by Bennett, Simon, 1967-

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Orson Welles and the unfinished RKO projects a postmodern perspective by Rippy, Marguerite H., 1967-

Table of Contents: “…Approaches to the unfinished Wellesian works -- Origins of the first-person singular : mercurial theatre on the air -- Classics for the masses : Dickens and Welles -- Exploiters in surroundings not healthy for a white man : primitivism and the identity detour -- R is for Real : documentary fiction in It's all true -- Wellesian legacies : what, if anything, do Mel Gibson, Stephen Colbert, and Steven Spielberg have in common?.…”
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Orson Welles and the unfinished RKO projects : a postmodern perspective by Rippy, Marguerite H., 1967-

Table of Contents: “…Approaches to the unfinished Wellesian works -- Origins of the first-person singular : mercurial theatre on the air -- Classics for the masses : Dickens and Welles -- Exploiters in surroundings not healthy for a white man : primitivism and the identity detour -- R is for Real : documentary fiction in It's all true -- Wellesian legacies : what, if anything, do Mel Gibson, Stephen Colbert, and Steven Spielberg have in common?…”
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Drama was a weapon: the left-wing theatre in New York, 1929-1941. by Himelstein, Morgan Y. (Morgan Yale), 1926-

Table of Contents: “…Foreword : Politics and theatre / John Gassner -- Introduction : Drama is a weapon -- The Communist Party's earliest amateur troupes -- The Communists' League of Workers' Theatres, 1932-1934 -- The Communists' New Theatre League, 1935-1941 -- Theatre Union -- Labor Stage -- Federal Theatre -- The Mercury Theatre -- The Theatre Guild and the Playwrights' Company -- The Group Theatre -- Social plays on Broadway -- The Communist Party's failure in the theatre.…”


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Orson Welles and the unfinished RKO projects : a postmodern perspective by Rippy, Marguerite H., 1967-

Table of Contents: “…: approaches to the unfinished Wellesian works -- Origins of the first-person singular: mercurial theatre on the air -- Classics for the masses: Dickens and Welles -- Exploiters in surroundings not healthy for a white man: primitivism and the identity detour -- R is for real: documentary fiction in It's all true -- Wellesian legacies: what, if anything, do Mel Gibson, Stephen Colbert, and Steven Spielberg have in common?…”


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Mary Wickes : I know I've seen that face before by Taravella, Steve

Table of Contents: “…-- From Stockbridge to the Mercury Theatre -- On stage and on air -- Anatomy is destiny -- Miss bedpan -- Los Angeles, mother in tow -- Lucille Ball's best friend -- Cookies and milk with mother -- She kept it to herself -- Mary's secret cousin -- "Not an ounce" of romance -- Nurses, nuns, and housekeepers -- When acting is everything -- Becoming the characters she played -- Success returns -- Physical deterioration -- Fade out.…”
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The radio drama handbook audio drama in context and practice by Hand, Richard J.

Table of Contents: “…History of radio drama -- Case study: Mercury Theatre on the air's "War of the worlds" -- Theories of radio drama -- Case study 2: The revenge and A pot calling the kettle black -- Radio drama in the contemporary world -- Case study: We're alive: a story of survival (2009 onwards) -- A practical guide to radio drama. …”
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The radio drama handbook : audio drama in context and practice by Hand, Richard J.

Table of Contents: “…History of radio drama -- Case study: Mercury Theatre on the air's "War of the worlds" -- Theories of radio drama -- Case study 2: The revenge and A pot calling the kettle black -- Radio drama in the contemporary world -- Case study: We're alive: a story of survival (2009 onwards) -- A practical guide to radio drama. …”
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Richard Barr : the playwright's producer by Crespy, David Allison

Table of Contents: “…Foreword / Edward Albee -- Introduction : "you have to hock your house : the story of a producer" -- Privilege with a price : Washington, Princeton, and early theatre efforts -- Playing with martians : stage and screen with Orson Welles and the Mercury Theatre -- A theatrical warrior : Lieutenant Richard Barr -- Learning the director's craft : stock, Broadway, and City Center -- Broadway beginnings : Ethyl Waters, Ruth Draper, and theatrical collage -- The zoo story : discovering Edward Albee -- Producers at work : on Broadway, off-Broadway, and off-off Broadway -- Experimenting with Edward : Malcolm to All over -- Hocking the house : Seascape to Sweeney Todd -- Brightening Broadway's lights : Barr's legacy to the American theatre -- Afterword / Edward Albee.…”
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Citizen Kane

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Audiobooks, literature, and sound studies

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : talking books / Matthew Rubery -- The three-minute Victorian novel : remediating Dickens into sound / Jason Camlot -- A library on the air : literary dramatization and Orson Welles's Mercury theatre / James Jesson -- The audiographic impulse : doing literature with the tape recorder / Jesper Olsson -- Poetry by phone and phonograph : tracing the influence of Giorno poetry systems / Michael S. …”
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