The Mercury Theater on the Air was a dramatic radio program which began in the summer of 1938 on the CBS radio network. It was created by Orson Welles, who also starred in most of the productions, and his collaborator John Houseman, and dramatized many works of classic and contemporary literature. Its most famous performance was a version of War of the Worlds.

Many of the Mercury Theater productions can downloaded from The Mercury Theater on the Air website:

External Link: The Mercury Theater on the Air