Welles Broadcast Schedule
In honor of the sixtieth anniversary of this historic CBS radio series, The Golden Age of Radio presented every existing episode of Orson Welles' greatest radio show, The Mercury Theater on the Air.
July 12 | "DRACULA" | Premiere Broadcast |
07-11-38 |
July 19 | "TREASURE ISLAND" | #2 | 07-18-38 |
July 26 | "A TALE OF TWO CITIES" | #3 | 07-25-38 |
August 02 | "THE THIRTY NINE STEPS" | #4 | 08-01-38 (Rehearsal) |
August 09 | Three Short Stories: "I'M A FOOL" "MY LITTLE BOY" "OPEN WINDOW" |
#5 | 08-08-38 |
August 16 | "ABRAHAM LINCOLN" | #6 | 08-15-38 |
August 22 | "THE AFFAIRS OF ANATOLE" | #7 | 08-22-38 |
August 30 | "THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO" | #8 | 08-29-38 |
September 06 | "THE MAN WHO WAS THURSDAY" | #9 | 09-05-38 |
Mercury Theater series renewed by CBS. Show Moves to Sunday. |
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September 13 | "JULIUS CAESAR" (Rehearsal) |
#10 | 09-11-38 |
September 20 (Show does not exist) |
"JANE EYRE" | #11 | 09-18-38 |
September 27 | "THE IMMORTAL SHERLOCK HOLMES" | #12 | 09-25-38 |
October 04 (Show does not exist) |
"OLIVER TWIST" | #13 | 10-02-38 |
October 11 | "HELL ON ICE" | #14 | 10-09-38 |
October 18 (Tentative - Elusive) |
"SEVENTEEN" | #15 | 10-16-38 |
October 25 | "AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS" | #16 | 10-23-38 |
November 01 | "WAR OF THE WORLDS" | #17 | 10-30-38 |
November 08 | "2 COMPLETE STORIES" "Heart Of Darkness" "Life With Father" |
#18 | 11-06-38 |
November 15 | "A PASSENGER TO BALI" | #19 | 11-13-38 |
November 22 | "PICKWICK PAPERS" | #20 | 11-20-38 |
Missing | "CLARENCE" | #21 | 11-27-38 |
Missing (Last of series) |
"BRIDGE OF SAN LUIS REY" | #22 | 12-04-38 |