Orson Welles and War of the Worlds
In 1938, Orson Welles and the Mercury Theatre presented a radio-play version of War of the Worlds to America. Unfortunately, many listeners thought that what they were listening to was real. As a result, there were great difficulties in many cities throughout America.
The site below gives you background information on this historic performance. You can also read the "script" of the original radio broadcast.
Have fun and let us know what you think.
Copy and paste the following URL:
http://members.aol.com/Jeff1070/wotw.html
The site below gives you background information on this historic performance. You can also read the "script" of the original radio broadcast.
Have fun and let us know what you think.
Copy and paste the following URL:
http://members.aol.com/Jeff1070/wotw.html
posted by Brady Kelso @ 8:34 AM
1 Comments:
At 10:32 PM,
dude said…
I have also read the original, and I was surprised at how close the script was to the actual novel. The novel takes place in the UK but they changed it to NJ because, who would be scared of an alien attack thousands of miles away, separated by a huge ocean? I agree with Rui that it would have been highly believable, because the radio was a reliable source. It would be the same if nowadays, they started broadcasting it on live TV on the news(although it would be much harder!).
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