A Radio Almanac variety broadcast featuring Mary Boland, combining Orson Welles' comedy and magic-style opening, jazz from the program's all-star band, sponsor material, and a substantial dramatic excerpt from Cyrano de Bergerac. The episode moves freely between topical humor, music and literary performance rather than presenting one continuous story.
This The Mercury Theatre on the Air broadcast aired on March 29, 1944. It is listed as episode 10 in the archive.
Only 18 objects belong to Mercury Theatre on the Air proper; later items are separately profiled by historical program.
Listeners can expect drama, anthology drama in format, and dramatic in tone.
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