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Listen To The War Of The Worlds

Listen to the complete 75th Anniversary re-creation of Orson Welles' Mercury Theatre broadcast of 1938.

H.G. Wells' classic tale of invaders from Mars, originally adapted for radio for Halloween in 1938, as performed at the Hoogland Center for the Arts in Springfield from the original Welles script and featuring live sound effects.

CAST:  Gus Gordon, Tony Libri, Don Schneider, Johnny Molson, Bob Murray, Flynn Hanners, Jim Leach, and Bryan Boes.

SOUND EFFECTS:  Mary E. Myers and Ryan Mitchelle.

SOUND DESIGN:  Duane Fant

Recorded live at the Hoogland Center for the Arts, Springfield, Illinois on October 30th, 2013 - the 75th anniversary of the original broadcast.

Bob Meyer was production coordinator at NPR Illinois, and also served as an on-air host. Bob worked at the station February of 2000 through February 2021.