Samuel Pickwick and his companions set out on a comic journey of observation that leads to romantic mishaps, misunderstandings and a sensational legal dispute.
This The Mercury Theatre on the Air broadcast aired on November 20, 1938. It is listed as episode 20 in the archive. CBS Radio Network carried the broadcast. The cast includes Orson Welles, Ray Collins, Alfred Shirley, Frank Readick, and Elliott Reid. Other credited names include Orson Welles as director, Orson Welles as radio adaptor, and Dan Seymour as announcer.
The surviving recording runs about 57 minutes.
This version is based on Mercury Theater 1938-11-20 (20) Pickwick Papers. Charles Dickens is credited as author and Orson Welles adapted it for radio.
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