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	Mercury - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Mercury, or Mercurius, derives from the Roman god Mercury (mythology).
		Mercury (cipher machine), a British cipher machine used from the 1950s.
		Mercury, Savoie, a commune in the Savoie département of France
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mercury (508 words)

	This is Essex \| Local Interest \| Mercury Theatre (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		In recent years Colchester's Mercury Theatre has had nearly as many dramatic twists in its story as some of the plays it puts on.
		The theatre's workshop and stage were destroyed by the blaze in the early hours of September 9 and a round-the-clock recovery operation was staged to make the theatre operational again.
		Other theatre initiatives include community work with schools and other groups including Act V for the over 50s, a playwright's group and the Mercury Theatre Company's workshops in the community.
	www.thisisessex.co.uk /essex/local_interest/towns__villages/colchester/mercurytheatre.html (575 words)

	PerformInk Online
		The central, two-story portion of the venue now houses the Mercury Theatre, with the flanking bar and restaurant occupying one-story portions of the structure.
		Since 1996, the Mercury Theatre has been home to several major commercial hits produced by Cullen or others, among them The Last Night of Ballyhoo, Over the Tavern, Over the River and Through the Woods, Pope Joan and His Way: A Tribute to the Man and His Music.
		While the Mercury, Cullen's and Strega Nona all are profitable tenants that might appeal to a passive, buy-and-hold landlord, the mere fact of their success doesn't guarantee their continued occupancy.
	www.performink.com /Archives/news/MercuryTheatreAuctioned.htm (680 words)

	Apocalypse Then
		John Houseman, a young man who has abandoned a lucrative career in business to run away with the theatre, is so impressed by Welles in Romeo and Juliet that he offers the young actor a long term contract in what will eventually become known as The Mercury Theatre.
		On October 30, 1938, a series of seemingly unrelated, disconnected events worked together, by chance or by design, to ensure that The Mercury Theatre's War of the Worlds would be the single most famous radio show ever broadcast and that the name of Orson Welles would be remembered for a long, long time.
		Act Two of Mercury's War of the Worlds was hardly noticed by anyone -- even by the players who (as the recordings testify) stumbled distractedly through the remaining twenty minutes wondering, no doubt, if the lynch mobs would allow them to survive the evening.
	www.mindspring.com /~jimhenry/wonder/archive/apocthen.htm (4241 words)

	Mercury Theatre (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		One of the greatest story-telling shows of all time was Mercury Theatre on the Air.
		Fresh from his triumphs on the New York stage, a young actor-director in his early twneties named Orson Welles took himself and his Mercury Theatre repertory company of stage actors to the CBS microphones as he launched his Mercury Theatre on the Air (1937-1941).
		Among the many talented actors who were regulars on The Mercury Theatre were Everett Sloane, Agnes Moorehead, George Coulouris, Kenny Delmar, Ray Collins, and Martin Gable.
	soonershadowsotr.250free.com /sooner_shadows_otr_011.htm (416 words)

	CRITIQUE :: Orson Welles, The New Deal, and The Mercury Theatre on the Air
		In its brief history, The Mercury Theatre would present the public with a wide view, a sense of enlightenment and a belief in the possibility of change that was inherent to a free society.
		The Mercury Theatre was privately funded but was founded on the same principles as those that guided Welles' Federal Theater Project productions a few years earlier.
		As the Mercury Theatre left the air, Welles was already gathering a company of long time associates and new talents to work on a film project.
	www.critiquemagazine.com /article/mercurytheatre.html (4624 words)

	Mercury Theatre History
		In August of that same year The Mercury Theatre was born, starting off with total monetary assets of $100 (about $1150 in modern funds).
		Although not officially a Mercury (the series had been airing for a few weeks before The Mercury even came into existence), several actors who were to become fixtures of The Mercury Theatre of the Air such as Martin Gabel, Alice Frost, Ray Collins, Virginia Welles (Mrs.
		In the show’s second season, it was moved from New York to Hollywood to accomodate Orson Welles and the other Mercury Players, who had signed a contract for their first picture at RKO (In the weeks prior to Campbell’s move to the West coast, Mr.
	www.mercurytheatre.info /history (857 words)

	Mercury Summer Stock
		Mercury Summer Stock is a professionally based, not-for-profit, and community supported stock theatre serving the artistic and cultural needs of the Cleveland Metropolitan area.
		Mercury strives to bring theatrical talent back into the area as well as to provide local performers opportunities to work on and off stage with theatre professionals.
		Mercury Summer Stock seeks to serve the community by entertaining, enlightening, and celebrating the best of the human spirit through art.
	www.mercurysummerstock.com /about.htm (218 words)

	Theatre of the Imagination - from CD-ROM Access
		It was the perfect medium for his prodigious talents; in the words of Richard Wilson, a member of the famed Mercury Theatre Company which performed Welles's work on CBS Radio, "Orson knew radio knew no boundaries.
		A supremely entertaining earful, Theatre of the Imagination vividly documents the effect of Orson Welles's larger-than-life personality and talent on the golden age of radio.
		Theatre of the Imagination is a lavish homage to Orson Welles and the Mercury Theater players, a repertory company that took radio drama to heights it had never known before and has rarely achieved since."
	www.cdaccess.com /html/shared/theatrei.htm (671 words)

	The Cylon Alliance
		On the verge of the second world war, Howard Koch and John Houseman of The Mercury Theatre of the Air, co-founded and produced by Orson Welles, wrote an adaptation of the novel for airplay.
		It was performed by Orson and the players of the Mercury Theatre on 13 October 1938; the night before Halloween.
		The story was relayed through a series of as-it-happens reports, as if a Martian invasion were actually happening and being reported live on radio.
	www.cylon.org /classic/wow-radio-01.html (206 words)

	SparkNotes: Citizen Kane: Acting
		Welles and Houseman’s ambition for the Mercury Theatre was to stage the classic plays “with their original speed and violence,” as Houseman once said.
		At this time, radio focused more on drama than music, and the Mercury Players, with their theatrical talents, were extraordinarily well-suited for the medium.
		In Citizen Kane, however, Welles was able to cast his unknown Mercury Players, and much of the success of the film stems from how well their theatrical training worked within the dramatic framework of the movie.
	www.sparknotes.com /film/citizenkane/section3.rhtml (641 words)

	A Shroud of Thoughts
		The Mercury Theatre of the Air debuted on CBS in July of that year.
		The Mercury Theatre of the Air's peformance of "The Invasion from Mars" perhaps proved two things.
		And like the Mercury Theatre's "Invasion from Mars," the story was also moved to America, in this case a small southwestern town.
	mercurie.blogspot.com /2004_08_29_mercurie_archive.html (4867 words)

	The UnMuseum - Martian Attack
		Many years after the event Orson Wells, the producer of the Mercury Theatre, claimed he had "merrily anticipated" the kind of response the program drew, while being astonished by its intensity.
		CBS said it was considering dropping the Mercury Theatre on the Air from its lineup.
		In the end the major effect of the broadcast was to increase the ratings of the Mercury Theatre on the Air and catapult Orson Well's career farther forward.
	www.unmuseum.org /wow.htm (1191 words)

	Buck Programmes
		Theatre programme for a pantomime seen at the Birmingham Hippodrome Theatre entitled JACK AND THE BEANSTALK on "3 Feb 84".
		Theatre programme for a pantomime seen at the Birmingham Repertory Theatre entitled BABES IN THE WOOD and BOLD ROBIN HOOD on "31 Jan '79".
		Theatre programme for a play seen at the Mercury Theatre Colchester on "7 Aug '74" entitled WHO WAS THAT LADY?.
	library.kent.ac.uk /library/special/Programmes/BUCK2.htm (4055 words)

	theater venues
		The Theatre is between the Pacific Northwest Ballet and the Seattle Repertory Theatre at the 2nd Avenue North and Mercer Street entrance to Seattle Center.
		Since opening in February of 1996, the Mercury Theater has received nothing but high accolades from all the major news media including the Chicago Tribune, the Sun-Times, ABC, NBC, and Fox 32, just to name a few.
		The building in which the Mercury is housed was known as the Blaine Nickelodeon in 1913.
	www.foghouse.com /theater_venues (971 words)

	Mercury Theater on Centerstage Chicago - Mercury Theater : 3745 N. Southport Ave., Chicago, (773) 325-1700, Theatre, ...
		For a long time, the theater was the home to a sit-down production of the comedy "Over the River and Through the Woods," but has had trouble finding any long running hits since then; the flop "Jewtopia" is a recent example.
		Occasionally smaller-budget touring productions make a stop here, and sometimes if a show is selling exceptionally well at a smaller venue in the area it will transfer to the Mercury (the Bailiwick's production of "Parade" transferred there and ran for most of the summer in 2004).
		Because of its ideal location on Southport, there is a host of bars and restaurants to choose from in the area, including the Irish bar and grill Cullen's located in the same building.
	centerstage.net /theatre/theatres/mercury-theater.html (262 words)

	Theater Resources
		Alphabetic listing of theatre culture and history, attempting to present "a comprehensive view of the history and present practice of theatre in all parts of the world, thus pointing to the dynamic interaction of performance traditions from all cultures in present day theatre."(Preface)
		This work is designed to "offer an overview of theatre activity in North America and the British Isles since 1900, and to provide a "date-finder" for those who want information about a particular theatre event, production, personality or playhouse." (Preface) Arrangement is chronological, beginning with 1900 and ending with 1979.
		Contains an introductory overview to ethnic theatre followed by 19 original essays (e.g., Armenian-American Theatre, Yiddish Theatre in the United States) that cover particular ethnic theater traditions, as well as their social, educational, and political importance.
	www.library.cornell.edu /olinuris/ref/theaterbib.html (4662 words)

	Backstory
		Renowned for quickness and dexterity, Mercury was the messenger of the Gods and was so depicted with a winged cap and shoes.
		Welles took the name of his groundbreaking company, "The Mercury Theatre," from a magazine of the time "The American Mercury" which in turn was founded by the noted columnist and satirist H.L. Mencken.
		After revolutionizing the theater world in the 1930's, Welles took to radio and created the legendary "Mercury Radio Theatre of the Air," infamous for America's first taste of "shock radio," the notorious War of the Worlds broadcast.
	www.mercradio.com /story.htm (259 words)

	Cinema Treasures \| Mercury Theatre (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		This theatre opened in the 1940's, and was taken over by General Cinema in the late 1960's.
		Under GCC ownership, the theatre was twinned, and had shown first run, then subrun fare.
		GCC closed the theatre in the early 1990's, and an independent operater ran it as a sub-run house for another year or so.
	cinematreasures.org /theater/7392 (286 words)

	About The Mercury Theatre (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The property was purchased by the DeKoven Family and housed a variety of businesses until 1994.
		The building was purchased by Michael Cullen and Joe Carlucci and now houses The Mercury Theater, Cullen's Bar & Grill, and Strega Nona.
		The Mercury Theater is a mid-size house seating 300 and is available for theater rental needs.
	www.orlok.com /mercury.html (99 words)

	OTRCast » Blog Archive » Dracula — Mercury Theatre On the Air — Debut 11 July 1938 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Dracula —; Mercury Theatre On the Air — Debut 11 July 1938
		Dracula, the CBS/CBC debut of Mercury Theatre on the Air was the first of what I think of as a classic radio show.
		This entry was posted on Thursday, December 22nd, 2005 at 7:09 pm and is filed under Mercury Theatre, PodCasts.
	www.13421.net /weblog/?p=4 (188 words)

	Oral History - Mercury Theatre
		The interviews in this project were conducted by Harry Goldman for books on the Mercury Theatre and the development and contribution of the Theatre Union.
		There is substantial material on the impact of the Mercury Theatre during the 1930s and on its major productions, notably JULIUS CAESAR and THE CRADLE WILL ROCK.
		Orson Welles and the other founders and members are recalled in detail, as are the leaders of the Theatre Union.
	www.columbia.edu /cu/lweb/indiv/oral/guides/mercury.html (87 words)

	Mercury Players Theatre
		Founded by Paul Wells in 1994, Mercury Players brings new and little-known plays, especially fl comedies, to the Madison area.
		Celebrating its 10th year, Mercury Players counts among its numerous productions Raised in Captivity, Temp Slave!, Hot-n-Throbbing, Jeffrey, The Most Fabulous Story Ever Told, Stop Kiss, Killer Joe, Balm in Gilead, and The Annual Blitz (24-hours from pen to production).
		Mercury Players Theatre produces innovative works that challenge views on society, art, and human nature.
	www.madstage.com /Companies/Mercury.html (390 words)

	BUBL LINK: Theatres
		Includes a wide range of information about all types of theatre as well as information dating back to the mid 18th century on theatrical developments in Plymouth and the surrounding area.
		News and information about the Bolshoi Theatre, company structure, reconstruction of the theatre itself and a programme of forthcoming events.
		Index of professional, academic and recreational theatre and drama resources including academic and training institutions, theatre companies, events and festivals and theatre image collections.
	bubl.ac.uk /link/t/theatres.htm (365 words)

	The Mercury Cinema (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The Mercury and Iris Cinemas are run by the Media Resource Centre to enhance screen culture and to give screening opportunities to emerging South Australian film, video and digital media artists.
		Be among the first find out the program for the first quarter of 2006 the quarterly- fill out our quick form.
		The Mercury and Iris Cinemas are available for hire.
	www.mercurycinema.org.au /servlet/Web (750 words)

	GRW SCRIPT: Mercury Theatre
		Ladies and gentlemen: the director of the Mercury Theatre and star of these broadcasts, Orson Welles.
		We know now that in the early years of the twentieth century this world was being watched closely by intelligences greater than man's and yet as mortal as his own.
		You're listening to a CBS presentation of Orson Welles and the Mercury Theatre on the Air in an original dramatization of "The War of the Worlds" by H.G. Wells.
	www.genericradio.com /show.php?id=3e128b5a5d82a7fc (6260 words)

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		Although it was announced at the top of the program that "War of the Worlds" was a dramatic work by the Mercury Theatre, many people were tuned into the popular "Charlie McCarthy Show" and missed the announcement.
		The Highland Theatre is located at 826 W. Market St. in the historic Highland Square district of Akron.
		The original Howard Koch adaptation of the H.G. Wells novella used for the 1938 Mercury Theatre broadcast will be the basis of the production on the stage of Akron's Highland Theatre.
	dept.kent.edu /ksutop_story/archive_98/981026_wksu_war_of_worlds.html (1124 words)

	Radio Hall of Fame - Orson Welles, Adventure / Drama
		As a young man, Welles appeared on the series Cavalcade of America and The March of Time before writing, directing and starring in the Mutual network’s 1937 production of Victor Hugo’s Les Miserables.
		That fall, Welles assumed the title role on The Shadow, while earning raves on Broadway with his new troupe, the Mercury Theater.
		In July of 1938, The Mercury Theater on the Air came to CBS.
	www.radiohof.org /adventuredrama/orsonwelles.html (211 words)

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